The autobiographical trilogy by Australian writer Alan Marshall includes three stories: “I Can Jump Puddles,” “This Is the Grass” and “In My Heart.”
The first book in the trilogy—“I Can Jump Puddles”—is the best-known. It is about a disabled boy who, due to a severe illness in early childhood, lost the ability to walk. About his suffering. About his perseverance and how he learned to move on his own using crutches.