Score: 9.8

Product reviews for listing 9010: Quarantine
Written by Philippa Werry

"Being in quarantine sounds like being in prison," I said, shivering.
Lily nodded. "A bit like that. Except that the prison is your own home."

It might all sound familiar in the 2020s, but this is New Zealand in 1936-37. The disease is infantile paralysis, or polio, and nobody knows where it will strike next. When even the adults are afraid, Tom find refuge in his dream - to run in the Olympics like his hero, the famous Jack ... more...