Plague!
Epidemics and Scourges Through the Ages
From the Series The Sickening History of Medicine
Being sick is horrible. But it used to be worse. Inside this book, you’ll see evidence of the plagues of the past—rotting skin, dissolving lungs, and sinister swelling all over the body. Diseases like the Black Death wiped out whole towns and villages. Tuberculosis consumed young people like a bloodsucking vampire. And Smallpox left its victims scarred for life—if they survived. At the time, no one knew where these killer diseases came from or how to treat them. But eventually doctors discovered how these diseases and others were spread. Being sick isn’t quite as sickening as it was in the past!
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| Interest Level | Grade 3 - Grade 6 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 4 |
| Genre | Science |
| Category | STEM, STEM: Life Science/Health and Human Body |
| Copyright | 2017 |
| Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
| Brand | Hungry Tomato ® |
| Imprint | Hungry Tomato ® |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Publication Date | 2017-01-01 |
| Reading Counts! Level | 10.2 |
| Text Type | Informational/Explanatory |
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| BISACS | JNF024020, JNF025000 |
| Dewey | 616.009 |
| Graphics | Full-color illustrations |
| Dimensions | 7 x 9 |
| Lexile | 1080 |
| Guided Reading Level | Z |
| ATOS Reading Level | 6.6 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 189209 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 1.0 |
| Features | Glossary, Index, Reviewed, and Table of contents |
Author: John Farndon
John Farndon is a Royal Literary Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, and the author of a huge number of books for adults and children on science, history, technology and nature, including such international best-sellers as Do Not Open and Do You Think You’re Clever?
Illustrator: Venitia Dean
Venitia Dean is a freelance illustrator who grew up in Brighton, UK. She has always loved drawing, ever since she could hold a pencil! As a teenager, she discovered a passion for figurative illustration, and then when she turned nineteen she was given a digital drawing tablet for her birthday and started transferring her work to the computer. She hasn’t looked back since! As well as illustration, Venitia loves reading graphic novels and walking her dog, Peanut.
Reviews
School Library Journal
“Reluctant readers, history enthusiasts, and trivia buffs are but a few of the kids who will enjoy the content in these repulsive reads.”—School Library Journal