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3) Fever, 1793
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
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Description
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. Includes discussion questions and related activities.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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Description
A group of teens at the Hope Juvenile Treatment Center are shocked to discover their guards have abandoned them, but their joy turns to fear when they learn a catastrophic pandemic has occurred outside their walls, turning their new-found freedom into a fight for survival.
8) Smallpox
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Provides a historical overview of the dreaded disease, including its centuries-long effects on society, its causes and symptoms, the development of a vaccine, the eradication of the disease, and its present-day potential as a weapon of war.
9) The Fireman
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No one knows exactly when or where it began. A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities one by one: Boston, Detroit, Seattle. The doctors call it Draco incendia trychophyton. To everyone else it's Dragonscale, a highly contagious, deadly spore that tattoos its hosts with beautiful black and gold marks before causing them to burst into flames. Millions are infected; blazes erupt everywhere. There is no antidote....
10) Year One
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Series
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"A stunning new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author--an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magic, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives... It began on New Year's Eve. The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed--and more...
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Series
Issue brief volume 21-05
Description
This issue brief provides a summary of the three pieces of federal legislation that were passed in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19, coronavirus, public health emergency.
12) The plague
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents an overview of the bubonic plague, covering its history, scope, diagnosis, treatment, research, and prevention; also includes a glossary, a bibliography, and a list of related organizations.
13) The stand
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 72
Formats
Description
This story tells an apocalyptic vision of the world, when a deadly virus runs amok around the globe. But that lethal virus is almost benign compared to the satanic force gathering minions from those still alive to destroy humanity and create a world populated by evil.
18) Influenza
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Presents an overview of the disease influenza, covering its history, scope, diagnosis, treatment, research, and prevention; also includes a glossary, a bibliography, and a list of related organizations.
19) Plagues
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A profile on plagues and the damage that they cause