New Year’s Day, 1918. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. But there’s something coming that is deadlier than any war. When people begin to fall ill, most Americans don’t suspect influenza. The flu is known to be dangerous to the very old, young, or frail. But the Spanish flu is exceptionally violent. Soon, thousands of people succumb. Then tens of thousands…hundreds of thousands and more. Graves can’t be dug quickly enough.
What made the influenza of 1918 so exceptionally deadly—and what can modern science help us understand about this tragic episode in history? With a journalist’s discerning eye for facts and an artist’s instinct for true emotion, Sibert Honor recipient Don Brown sets out to answer these questions and more in Fever Year.
Source notes. Bibliography. Full-color illustrations done in pen and ink with digital paint.
Topics Influenza Epidemic, 1918–1919. Pandemics. Diseases. Twentieth-century history. Spanish flu. History of medicine. Comics and graphic novels.
Lexile GN1020L
Trim Size 10 1/4" x 6 1/2"
JLG Span Winter
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2019-09-02
JLG Release Date Feb 2020
Minimum grade 9
Maximum grade 12
Reading level High
Format Print
Graphic Novels High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
Graphic Novels High Plus
Graphic Novels High Plus (Grades 9 & Up)
For Grades 9 & Up
Book-length narratives presented in comic book style, graphic novels foster both visual and verbal comprehension skills while exposing readers to interesting dialogue and satire, as well as affirming diversity. These unique books, some of them only published in softcover, are ideal for attracting reluctant readers and introducing them to literature they might not encounter otherwise. You may find that the 14 books in this category will turn your reluctant readers into eager readers.
14 books per Year
$332.64 per Year
Interests
Diversity, Fiction, High Interest/Reluctant Reader, Nonfiction, Struggling Readers, Novels