Shattered Bones

True Survival Stories

From the Series Powerful Medicine

  • Interest Level: Grade 5 - Grade 8
  • Reading Level: Grade 5

• An injured motocross star has pins, screws, and a metal rod inserted into broken bones in his legs and feet to help them heal.
• A softball pitcher has her face rebuilt after being hit with a ball.
• A cancer patient receives a hip joint graft when his own joint gives out.

That’s powerful medicine!

Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who recovered from bone-shattering accidents and illnesses. Find out how doctors use the latest medical breakthroughs to set broken and shattered bones and replace bone tissue that has died. You’ll also learn tips to keep your bones healthy and fascinating facts about the bones in your body.

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978-0-7613-6313-2
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Interest Level Grade 5 - Grade 8
Reading Level Grade 5
Genre Science
Copyright 2011
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 48
Publication Date 2010-08-01
Reading Counts! Level 5.5
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF024000, JNF051000
Dewey 617.4'71044
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7 x 9
Lexile 840
Guided Reading Level Y
ATOS Reading Level 5.5
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 138525
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Reviewed, and Teaching Guides

Reviews

School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

“These narratives read like information from the Discovery Health channel, for kids: part fascinating science, part human interest story, and part ‘Eew, gross!’” —School Library Journal, Series Made Simple