I'm not a medical professional... IIRC, a tetanus shot is good for ten years, so if you had one four years ago, or five or six, you're still protected by it. If you needed one, I suspect nine days after the injury would be too late. If the redness persists or pus is present, it's definitely infected.
The Tiger Rising, written by the award winning author Kate DiCamillo, is an engaging story of two children whose lives are thrown together in a small town in Florida.
The historical fiction in this book is its weak point. The action is very good, but there is not a lot of action-just a few pages in the Africa Campaign and some very The Rising Tide: A Novel of World War II is the first book in Jeff Shaara's series about World War II.