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1) The stand
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 72
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
After a virus kills most of the people in the world, a handful of survivors choose sides-- a world of good led by 108-year-old Mother Abigail-- or evil led by a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.
4) Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.8 - AR Pts: 20
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Description
Studies the history of the flu, focusing on the influenza pandemic of 1918, and discusses how the government has tried to discover what caused the pandemic and prevent it from occurring again.
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the United States alone, more than twenty-two million people were infected with Spanish flu and an estimated 675,000 died. Experts believe the virus killed between fifty million and one hundred million people worldwide. The Spanish flu is estimated to have killed about 2.7 percent of the world's population at the time. It laid bare the inadequacies of medical care around the world. It also led to calls for more doctors, nurses, and hospitals,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Super Sandcastle, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Description
"Your body is amazing! But sometimes it gets sick or hurt. Millions of kids get the flu each year. But they usually feel better in a week. Find out what causes the flu and how you can feel better too!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than warfare itself. Of all diseases, the 1918 flu was by far the...
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"On the 100th anniversary of the devastating pandemic of 1918, Jeremy Brown, a veteran ER doctor, explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and how close are we to finding a cure? While influenza is now often thought of as a common and mild disease, it still kills over...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Before HIV or Ebola, there was the Spanish flu--this narrative history marks the one hundredth anniversary of an epidemic that altered world history"--Dust jacket flap.
In three successive waves, from 1918 to 1919, influenza killed more than 50 million people. World-wide, the pandemic gained the notorious title of 'Spanish Flu'. The United States recorded 550,000 deaths--five times its total military fatalities in the war-- while European deaths...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In a world that seems to be increasingly harassed by new killer viruses and bacteria, avian flu has particularly frightened the public. With deaths mounting throughout Asia and the virus beginning to be detected in parts of Europe and North America, the medical community is swinging into action and the media is in overdrive. This book dispels the myths about avian flu, calms the hysteria with reason and common-sense, and offers practical tips for...
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
"This title examines viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa with a focus on flu viruses from how they infect the body and are spread from person-to-person, to symptoms and treatment, and when to see a doctor. Secondary complications and flu vaccines are also covered. A list of healthy habits is included to help readers combat disease."--Provided by publisher
