Leeches

Contributor(s): Wyborny, Sheila (Author), Jarrow, Gail (Author)

ISBN: 9780737730500

Publisher: KidHaven Press

Hardcover

$27.80

Pub Date: January 7, 2005

Dewey: 592.66

LCCN: 2004017025

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: 08 to 11

Physical Info: 0.34" H x 7.32" L x 8.98" W ( 0.52 lbs) 32 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Insects Spiders etc | Science and Nature | Biology

Series: Parasites

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000085890 ( Leeches)

Reading level: 6.10

Interest level: MG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Leeches are bloodsucking hitchhikers. They attach themselves to hosts, both human and animal, gorge on blood, and then fall off. Despite the health problems they cause for humans and animals alike, leeches have been used by healers for hundreds of years. Even today, medical science is putting the ugly little creatures to good use.