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41) Dead moon rising
Author
Series
Last star burning volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Sev finally knows where to find the cure to Sleeping Sickness-- but she is trapped in an endless sleep herself after refusing to give up her secrets to Dr. Yang. Howl is determined to save Sev, but he has no idea where Dr. Yang is keeping her. He has no choice but to follow a group fleeing Port North on a mission of their own. June, infected with SS, has now become the one thing she most fears. And Tai-ge, reunited with the Reds, is airlifted to the...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"Similarities between human reactions to onslaughts of deadly diseases separated by millennia illustrates the morbid universality of such outbreaks. It reminds us that large attacks of lethal germs are nothing new, nor are human reactions to them. One problem inherent in such pandemics is that over time people tend to forget the lessons of past"--
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NCSS / CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People K-2 2023
Pandemic Books for Younger Kids
Pandemic Books for Younger Kids
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Description
This introduction to pandemics and their history shows readers how to stay safe, and also includes a glossary, an infographic on how the coronavirus spreads, a handwashing diagram and a timeline showing the pandemics of the past.
44) Shatter the suns
Author
Series
Last star burning volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Sev must decode her mother's last words to find the cure to Sleeping Sickness before Dr. Yang can use it to blackmail people into submitting to his rule"--
45) Immunity index
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Sue Burke, author of Semiosis and Interference, gives readers a new near-future, hard science fiction novel. Immunity Index blends Orphan Black with Contagion in a terrifying outbreak scenario. In a US facing growing food shortages, stark inequality, and a growing fascist government, three perfectly normal young women are about to find out that they share a great deal in common. Their creator, the gifted geneticist Peng, made them that way-before...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An engrossing family history of coronaviruses and the modern-day scientific quest to conquer viral epidemics forever. The urgency of the devastating COVID-19 pandemic has fixed humanity's gaze on the present crisis. But the story of this pandemic extends far further back than many realize. In this engrossing narrative, epidemiologist Dan Werb traces the rising threat of the coronavirus family and the attempts by a small group of scientists who worked...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Scientists agree that a pathogen is likely to cause a global pandemic in the near future. But which one? And how? Over the past fifty years, more than three hundred infectious diseases have either newly emerged or reemerged. Ninety percent of epidemiologists expect that one of them will cause a deadly pandemic sometime in the next two generations. It could be Ebola, avian flu, a drug-resistant superbug, or something completely new. While we can't...
50) Ebola outbreak
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English
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This title focuses on the Ebola outbreak and gives information related to its symptoms, causes, and global impact. This hi-lo title is complete with gripping and historical photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index.
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
COVID-19 took everyone in the world by surprise. I mean, what exactly is it? How does it spread? What is a virus and are there others out there that we don't know about? Paul Ian Cross answers these questions, and more in this illustrated book filled with facts about what we know and don't know.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Do you remember every time you've been sick? You may not, but your body does. With many illnesses, you can't get sick more than once because your body remembers and fights it off before you get sick again. But what if your body could recognize germs that you've never had before so you don't get ill? There's where vaccines come in! This [picture-book presentation] comes complete with extensive back matter all about types of germs and vaccines"--
55) Wayward: a novel
Author
Series
Wanderers volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Five years ago, ordinary Americans fell under the grip of a strange new malady that caused them to sleepwalk across the country to a destination only they knew. And they were followed on their quest by the shepherds: friends and family who gave up everything to protect them. Their secret destination: Ouray, a small town in Colorado that would become one of the last outposts of civilization. Because the sleepwalkers were only the first in a chain...
56) We hear voices
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"An eerie debut about a little boy who recovers from a mysterious global flu that's killed thousands and inherits an imaginary friend who makes him do violent things... Kids have imaginary friends. Rachel knows this. So when her young son, Billy, miraculously recovers from a horrible flu that has proven fatal for many, she thinks nothing of Delfy, his new invisible friend. After all, her family is healthy and that's all that matters. But soon Delfy...
58) Contagion
Author
Series
Contagion duology volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Responding to a distress call on the distant planet of Achlys, Thea Sadik and her search-and-rescue crew are confronted by a zombie-like outbreak that uncovers a monstrous enemy.
Author
Series
Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 63
Language
English
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"New Mouse City was in a panic. A strange epidemic had broken out --mice everywhere were covered in weird blue spots. Mouse Island's most famouse doctor immediately set to work with his team to try to find the cure--but someone was trying to stop him. Could I figure out who before I ended up blue myself?"--Page 4 of cover.
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