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[He had] a fever that hovered around 104 degrees. His skin turned yellow. The whites of his eyes looked like lemons. Nauseated, he gagged and threw up again and again . . .
Here is the true story of how four Americans and one Cuban tracked down a killer, one of the word’s most vicious plagues: yellow fever. Journeying to fever-stricken Cuba in the company of Walter Reed and his colleagues, the reader feels the heavy air, smells the stench of disease, hears the whine of mosquitoes biting human volunteers during surreal experiments.
Exploring themes of courage, cooperation, and the ethics of human experimentation, this gripping account is ultimately a story of the triumph of science.
“[A] powerful exploration of a disease that killed 100,000 U.S. citizens in the 1800s.” —Kirkus Reviews
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Kindle Book
- Release date: April 17, 2019
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- ISBN: 9780547528359
- File size: 83704 KB
- Release date: April 17, 2019
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- ISBN: 9780547528359
- File size: 83705 KB
- Release date: April 17, 2019
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ATOS Level:7.1
Lexile® Measure:1010
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:6-8
[He had] a fever that hovered around 104 degrees. His skin turned yellow. The whites of his eyes looked like lemons. Nauseated, he gagged and threw up again and again . . .
Here is the true story of how four Americans and one Cuban tracked down a killer, one of the word’s most vicious plagues: yellow fever. Journeying to fever-stricken Cuba in the company of Walter Reed and his colleagues, the reader feels the heavy air, smells the stench of disease, hears the whine of mosquitoes biting human volunteers during surreal experiments.
Exploring themes of courage, cooperation, and the ethics of human experimentation, this gripping account is ultimately a story of the triumph of science.
“[A] powerful exploration of a disease that killed 100,000 U.S. citizens in the 1800s.” —Kirkus Reviews
Includes photos
![Expand title description text](https://lightning.od-cdn.com/static/img/more.adbfa74d06226b5aa45bbeae240ad19f.png)
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Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Kindle Book
Release date: April 17, 2019
OverDrive Read
ISBN: 9780547528359
File size: 83704 KB
Release date: April 17, 2019
EPUB ebook
ISBN: 9780547528359
File size: 83705 KB
Release date: April 17, 2019
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Creators
- Suzanne Jurmain - Author
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Formats
Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
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Languages
English
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Levels
ATOS Level: 7.1
Lexile® Measure: 1010
Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty: 6-8
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