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Bubonic Plague

The Black Death!

by Stephen Person
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On a hot September day in 1924, Jesus Lajun noticed a terrible smell coming from his house in Los Angeles. He went down to his basement and discovered a dead rat, which he picked up and tossed in the trash. A few days later, Lajun came down with a fever and noticed a strange, purple lump on his thigh. Soon Lajun was dead, as was his daughter, several of his neighbors, his ambulance driver, and even the priest who had performed his funeral. All of them died from the same illness! What killed Jesus Lajun and quickly spread with disturbing ease to the people around him? A doctor studying the case soon discovered that it was plague, a deadly disease that's spread by fleas and rodents—including rats. In Bubonic Plague: The Black Death!, children will learn all about the three forms this disease takes in the human body—bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic—including how the disease spreads, the worst outbreaks in history, and how doctors have developed effective medicines to combat the illness. Most important, children learn how to avoid catching bubonic plague in the first place!

  • Creators

  • Series

    Nightmare Plagues

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    August 1, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781936088881

    • PDF ebook

      • ISBN: 9781936088881
      • File size: 24988 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 6.2
    • Lexile® Measure: 900
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 4-5

  • Reviews

    • The Horn Book

      January 1, 2011
      The real-life stories of people suffering from the title diseases precede causes, symptoms, histories, modern cures, and prevention, all described in very broad strokes; final sections return to the personal stories. Each crowded spread includes multiple captioned photos; additional maps and text boxes appear throughout. Bulleted lists of outbreaks and facts are appended. Reading list. Bib., glos., ind.

      (Copyright 2011 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

Formats

  • OverDrive Read
  • PDF ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:6.2
  • Lexile® Measure:900
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:4-5

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