Influenza: How the Flu Changed History

by Barbara Krasner

Overview

The influenza epidemic in 1918 killed more people than World War I. Read this book to learn more about the history of this infectious disease.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496644909
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Series:	Infected!
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Barbara Krasner is a freelance writer from Somerset, New Jersey, who enjoys writing about American history. Her particular expertise is in 20th-century America and the Holocaust. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and completed her MA in History at William Paterson University, where she teaches composition and creative writing. Her debut picture book, Goldie Takes a Stand: Golda Meir’s First Crusade, was named a 2015 Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Young Readers by the Association of Jewish Libraries.

Table of Contents

Sick at sea — The Spanish flu — Studying the flu — Vaccinations — The threat continues — Glossary — Read more — Internet sites — Index.

Interviews

High-interest topic hooks readers and skillfully weaves in history and science content; Edge Books are carefully leveled and written for reluctant and struggling readers; Useful for hi-lo readers in middle school reading at a third or fourth grade level for units on the Middle Ages (bubonic plague), American colonization (smallpox), and modern diseases; High-interest topic ties directly to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) curriculum; Ties to Next Generation Science Standards related to engineering, technology, and the applications of science