W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Deadly /

by Chibbaro, Julie, Published by : Scholastic, (New York :) Physical details: 293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm ISBN:9780689857386; 9780545404129.
Subject(s): Typhoid Mary, -- d. 1938 -- Fiction. | Typhoid fever -- Fiction. | Gender roles -- Fiction. | Epidemiology -- Fiction. | Interpersonal relations -- Fiction. | Diaries -- Fiction. | FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General. | FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical.
Year: 2011 Item type: Print
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In the early nineteen-hundreds, sixteen-year-old Prudence Galewski leaves school to take a job assisting the head epidemiologist at New York's Department of Health and Sanitation, investigating the intriguing case of "Typhoid Mary," a seemingly healthy woman who is infecting others with typhoid fever. Includes a historical note by the author.

Guided reading: Z

Teen / young adult.

National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, 2011.

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