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.
Gregory David Roberts: final interview on The Mountain Shadow by Shantaram author. Gregory David Roberts is the Australian-born writer of Shantaram (2003), a best-selling novel based on his experiences as a heroin addict and convicted bank robber who escaped from Melbourne's Pentridge Prison in 1980 and fled to India.