When plague strikes : the Black Death, smallpox, AIDS /

Giblin, James Cross 1933-2016

When plague strikes : the Black Death, smallpox, AIDS / by James Cross Giblin ; woodcuts by David Frampton - New York : Scholastic, 1995 - 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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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.

1190 Lexile Z Raz-Plus

0060258543 : $14.95 ($19.95 Cdn.) 9780545045674 0060258640 (pbk.)


Plague--History--Juvenile literature.
Smallpox--History--Juvenile literature.
AIDS (Disease)--History--Juvenile literature.
Plague--History.
Smallpox--History.
AIDS (Disease)--History.
Epidemics--History.
Diseases--History.

RA644.P7 / G53 1995

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