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(0)Gail Jarrow
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
c2018
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
139 pages : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gail Jarrow reveals in riveting detail the events leading up to the 1938 broadcast of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds. Listeners were terrified that the United States was actually being invaded by and army with strange and powerful weapons.
Author
Series
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
235 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
James Abram Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, was assassinated when he was shot by Charles Guiteau in July 1881, less than four months after he was elected president. But Garfield didn't actually die until 80 days later. In this page-turner, award-winning author Gail Jarrow delves into the fascinating story of the relationship between Garfield and Guiteau, and relates the gruesome details of Garfield's slow and agonizing death. She...
Author
Series
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
"Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but zoologist Charles Stiles knew better. Working with one of...
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
192 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
One hundred years ago, a mysterious and alarming illness spread across America's South, striking tens of thousands of victims. No one knew what caused it or how to treat it. People were left weak, disfigured, insane, and in some cases, dead. Award winning science and history writer Gail Jarrow tracks this disease, commonly known as pellagra, and highlights how doctors, scientists, and public health officials finally defeated it. Illustrated with 100...