- Mar 1, 2018
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Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield

by Falynn Koch. New York, NY: First Second, 2017

Part of the Science Comics series.

In this volume readers learn about the 'critters' that have caused history's worst diseases. Koch delves into the biology and mechanisms of infection and immunity and how medical science and technology have battled them.

It can be used in science for: science as inquiry; physical science; science and technology; science in personal and social perspectives; and history and the nature of science.

Grades 4-8

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