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  • ISBN13:9780064461955
  • ISBN10:0064461955
  • Age:8,9,10,11,12
  • Binding:Paperback
  • Language:English
  • Publisher:HarperCollins
  • Author:James Cross Giblin
  • SUPC: SDL503104579

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Discusses three of the most serious and damaging diseases, and their severe influences on humankind.

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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. "A book that would serve well for reports, but it is also a fascinating read." SLJ.

Best Books of 1995 (SLJ)
Notable Children's Trade Books in Social Studies 1996 (NCSS/CBC)
1995 Young Adult Editors Choices (BL)
1995 Top of the List Non Fiction (BL)
1996 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)
Notable Children s Books of 1996 (ALA)"

About the Author

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.

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1. "A highly informative, engrossing work."--" Kirkus Reviews"

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