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Author
Series
Publisher
Astra Publishing House
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1010L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chronicles the story of the early 1900s typhoid fever epidemic in New York, providing details as to how its infamous carrier was ultimately tracked down and stopped.--
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the story of Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant cook who became known as "Typhoid Mary" when she infected many New Yorkers with the deadly disease.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"What happens when a person's reputation has been forever damaged? With archival photographs and text among other primary sources, this riveting biography of Mary Mallon by the Sibert medalist and Newbery Honor winner Susan Bartoletti looks beyond the tabloid scandal of Mary's controversial life. How she was treated by medical and legal officials reveals a lesser-known story of human and constitutional rights, entangled with the science of pathology...
4) Deadly
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Edition
1st Atheneum Books for Young Readers pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In the early nineteen hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski takes a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the case of "Typhoid Mary," a woman who is infecting others with typhoid fever.
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