Plague-busters!
Medicine's Battles With History's Deadliest Diseases
Bloomsbury · Print & ebook · October 10, 2023
From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about diseases that have shaped the course of human history. * “Chock-full of awesomely appalling medical history.” -Shelf Awareness, starred review * “Engaging, informative, but also gross.” -School Library Journal, starred review School Library Journal Best Book of 2023 Cybils 2023 Nonfiction Middle Grade Finalist 2024 Best STEM Books Award from National Science Teaching Association 2024 Grateful American Book Prize Honorable Mention Smallpox!
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- Who it’s for
- A lively, approachable look at medicine’s long fight with deadly disease.
- Genres
- Illness & Injury, History of Science
- Published
- Bloomsbury, October 10, 2023
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genre: Illness & Injury.
Dead Ends!Lindsey Fitzharris, Adrian Teal74% matchAlso shares History of Science
I Survived the Black Death, 1348 (i Survived #24)Lauren Tarshis66% match
Bubonic PanicGail Jarrow64% match
The Deadliest Diseases Then and Now (the Deadliest #1, Scholastic Focus)Deborah Hopkinson78% match
History Smashers: Plagues and PandemicsKate Messner, Falynn Koch74% match
When Plague StrikesJames Cross Giblin73% match
What Was the Plague?Roberta Edwards65% match
American Plague, anJim Murphy63% matchAlso shares History of Science
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From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about diseases that have shaped the course of human history.
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* “Chock-full of awesomely appalling medical history.” -Shelf Awareness, starred review * “Engaging, informative, but also gross.” -School Library Journal, starred review School Library Journal Best Book of 2023 Cybils 2023 Nonfiction Middle Grade Finalist 2024 Best STEM Books Award from National Science Teaching Association 2024 Grateful American Book Prize Honorable Mention Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by . . . well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome-but the remedies were even worse. Get to know the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations through the ages. Each chapter explores the story of a disease, including the scary symptoms, kooky cures, and brilliant breakthroughs that it spawned. Medical historian and bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris lays out the facts with her trademark wit, and Adrian Teal adds humor with cartoons and caricatures drawn in pitch black and blood red. Diseases covered in this book include bubonic plague, smallpox, rabies, tuberculosis, cholera, and scurvy. Thanks to centuries of sickness and a host of history's most determined plague-busters, this riveting book features everything you've ever wanted to know about the world's deadliest diseases.
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A lively, approachable look at medicine’s long fight with deadly disease.
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- accessible medical history
- clear, classroom-friendly framing
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- cultural literacy without heavy lift
Where it sits
| Illness & Injury | 97% |
|---|---|
| History of Science | 86% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Illness & Injury
- History of Science
- Death & Grief
- Authors
- Lindsey Fitzharris, Adrian Teal
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Published
- October 10, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Illness & Injury