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Shot in the arm! (Big Ideas That Changed The World)
Author: Brown, Don

Publisher: Amulet Books (2021)

Dewey: 615.3
Classification: Nonfiction
Physical Description: 138 p., col. ill., col. maps, 21 cm

BTSB No: 158157

ISBN: 9781419750014

Ages: 10-14

Grades: 5-9

Subjects:
Vaccines -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc
Vaccination -- History
Medical innovations

Price: $20.28

Summary:
The history of vaccinations and the struggle to protect people from infectious disease, from smallpox to COVID-19. Taking a unique perspective, the book is narrated by Englishwoman Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who popularized inoculation in England after encountering it in Turkey as wife of an English diplomat. Traces the evolution of vaccines and examines deadly diseases such as measles, polio, anthrax, rabies, cholera, and influenza. In graphic novel format.

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Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (+) (02/01/21)
   School Library Journal (+) (03/01/21)
   Booklist (+) (02/01/21)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/02/21)
The Hornbook (00/05/21)

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