Pub Date: April 11, 1997
Dewey: 614.49
LCCN: 94039881
Lexile Code: 1190
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.60" H x 9.00" L x 5.90" W ( 0.55 lbs) 224 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Nonfiction | Health and Daily Living | Diseases Illnesses and Injuries | History | Ancient | Social Science | Sociology | Science and Nature | Biology | Girls and Women | Physical Impairments | School and Education | Holocaust | Animals | General | Social Topics | Death Grief Bereavement | United States 20th Century
Description: Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history--the Bubonic Plague, smallpox, and AIDS--chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications and how medical knowledge and treatments have advanced as a result of the crises they have occasioned. "School Library Journal" Best Books of 1995; ALA 1996 Best Books for Young Adults; ALA 1996 Notable Children's Books.
Brief description: James Cross Giblin is the author of eighteen books for young readers, many of which have received awards and honors. Twelve of his titles, most recently Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero and When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS have been named Notable Children's Books by the American Library Association. In 1996 he received the Washington Post--Children's Book Guild Award for Nonfiction for his body of work. Mr. Giblin lives in New York City.
Review Quotes: "A highly informative, engrossing work."--" Kirkus Reviews"