Medical Breakthroughs

Contributor(s): Jeffrey, Gary (Author), Riley, Terry (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781404295872

Publisher: Rosen Classroom

Binding Types:

Paperback

$15.05

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$28.00 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$26.80 (100+ copies: $26.05)

List/retail price:

$15.05

Pub Date: August 30, 2007

Dewey: 610

LCCN: 2007007689

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 10 to 13

Physical Info: 0.20" H x 9.70" L x 6.50" W ( 0.35 lbs) 48 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics and Graphic Novels | General

Series: Graphic Discoveries

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000118303 ( Medical Breakthroughs)

Reading level: 4.60

Interest level: MG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Medical Breakthroughs tells the intriguing, exciting story behind revolutionary medical breakthroughs, from the first spark of an ingenious idea and preliminary research to laboratory testing, early experiments, and treatments. This book vividly illustrates that some heroic adventures take place in the frontiers of the mind, and some pioneers traverse vast, though microscopic, distances to further the endeavors of the human race. In the popular and accessible graphic nonfiction format, readers are introduced to heart transplants, bionics, and the discovery of DNA.