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Let's Go, Darby!
Middle grade historical fiction for ages 6 - 12
Based on a true story...
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​It’s 1898. Ten-year-old Georgie Titus has clubfoot. He can’t walk. He can’t go to school. Kids in his small town laugh and call him names. Georgie hears about a new children’s hospital in Toronto where they “perform miracles.” He is determined to go. But how? The city is forty miles away.
Let’s Go, Darby! tells the remarkable story of the harrowing journey Georgie makes by dogsled with his dog Darby, landing on the doorstep of the Hospital for Sick Children.
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About the Author
Linda Rosenbaum is an award-winning Canadian author and mother of a child with a disability. She lives on Toronto Island, the site of SickKids hospital’s former summer home. Linda advocates for the inclusion of children with illnesses and disabilities in children’s literature, where traditionally they have been underrepresented. With Let’s Go, Darby! she draws complex and nuanced characters who face challenges, but will not be defined by them.
