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Fever Year: Killer Flu of 1918
After the pandemic of 2020, students may be interested to learn more about previous world diseases such as the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. How did it begin? How was it spread? What were the symptoms and the casualties? How were the sick treated? How was life different afterwards? Kids have questions and here are some answers. The story is mostly presented by a narrator in captions with black and white illustrations. There is some dialogue, but not overmuch. The artwork has a pencil-drawn, sketchy look. There seems to be some sensitivity considered to make it not “too scary” to younger readers, though the topic is quite serious. ~Sara
From the Sibert Honor–winning creator behind The Unwanted and Drowned City comes one of the darkest episodes in American history: the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918. This nonfiction graphic novel explores the causes, effects, and lessons learned from a major epidemic in our past, and is the perfect tool for engaging readers of all ages, especially teens and tweens learning from home.
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.
Product Format: | Hardcover |
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Brand: | Clarion |
Grades: | 7-12 |
ISBN: | 9780544837409 |
Length in Inches: | 10.5 |
Width in Inches: | 7 |
Height in Inches: | 0.5 |
Weight in Pounds: | 1.05 |