Awards and HonorsBooklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015 Bulletin Blue Ribbon 2015, Nonfiction
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Elementary / Middle Grade Nonfiction
Children’s Book Committee Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of 2016, STEM
New York City, 1906: An epidemiologist suspected Mary Mallon, a cook, of spreading typhoid. An asymptomatic carrier, Mary refused to be tested—until forced by the police. Note about hand washing. Famous typhoid victims. Glossary. Time line. Recommended reading. Author ’s note. Source notes. Bibliography. Index. Black-and-white and color photographs, illustrations, and reproductions of archival materials.
Title alpha Fatal Fever: Tracking Down Typhoid Mary
Level Nonfiction Middle
Pages Count 176
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Mary Mallon (aka Typhoid Mary, 1869 -1938). Typhoid fever. Epidemiology. Sanitation. New York State history. New York City. Ithaca, New York. Dr. George Soper (1870 -1948). Dr. Josephine Baker (1873 -1945). Quarantines.
SRC Level 8.600000
SRC Points 9.000000
Lexile 1010L
Trim Size 8" x 10"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2015-02-28
JLG Release Date Jul 2015
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
For Grades 5-8
Knowledge is power, and no other category speaks to this more. The 12 books in this category range from autobiographies to anthropological studies, these nonfiction titles are just right for middle-school readers . . . and ideal for research and classroom support, too.