Sick!: The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs

By Heather L. Montgomery, Lindsey Leigh (Illustrator)

Discover how animals and scientists battle germs in a world of surprising twists.

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160 pages

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When infections threaten, scientists turn to animals for answers. Explore the fascinating world of germs with researchers studying everything from feverish frogs to bacteria-resistant buzzards. Uncover the surprising ways animal bodies, and ours, fight back against pathogens. This vibrant, comic-style journey reveals unexpected alliances with germs and the secrets they hold. What can we learn from nature's defenses?

From the publisher

When a super sickness lands on the land, when a parasite becomes more than a pest, when an infection ignites an epidemic, what’s a body to do? Your body is an animal body, so why not ask the animals? Follow the scientists, around the world and into their labs, who are studying animals and the germs that attack them. From fungus-ridden frogs with fevers to bacteria-resistant buzzards and everything in-between, animals have A LOT to teach us about infections. But-reader beware!!-the story of germs is filled with twists and turns. In this fascinating, highly visual nonfiction book packed with colorful, comic-style art, you’ll discover not only the cool ways that animal bodies (and our bodies) fight back against pesky pathogens, but also the amazing and surprising ways we can learn to work together with germs. Sick! The Twists and Turns Behind Animal Germs is written by Heather L. Montgomery with graphic novel-style art from Lindsey Leigh.

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