Purple Death
Purple Death
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Purple Death

Written by David Getz & illustrated by Peter McCarty
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7 - 10
Reading age
96
Page count
111
Words per page
~1070L
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Sep 19, 2017
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It was the worst epidemic in this country’s history, and the search for its cause is still one of science’s most urgent quests. It was 1918, the last year of World War 1. Thousands of men lived in the crowded army training camps that were scattered all across the United States. That spring, a strange flu struck the soldiers at a camp in the Midwest. Healthy young men went to the hospital complaining of sore throats and fevers. Within hours they had suffocated, their skin taking on a terrible purplish hue. The devastating flu spread like wildfire across the country, infecting soldiers and civilians alike. It killed more than half a million people in a matter of months, then disappeared as suddenly as it had come. To this day, no one knows what caused a common flu to become so deadly, but scientists are still searching for answers. What they discover could save millions of lives if another common flu virus suddenly turns into a killer. In this riveting account, acclaimed nonfiction author David Getz tells young readers the story of the mysterious flu known as the Purple Death – the virus responsible for the worst epidemic in American history.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781250139092
    Publication Date
    September 19, 2017
    Publisher
    Square Fish
    Original Publication Date
    November 15, 2000
    Page Count
    96
    Words Per Page
    111
    Audience
    Juvenile Reader
    Reading Age
    7 - 10 years
    Est. Lexile® Level
    ~1070L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Z
    ATOS® Book Level
    7.4
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    2
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    45155
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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