Fever Year
The Killer Flu of 1918
$60.33
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2019
Summary
From the Sibert honour-winning creator behind The Unwanted and Drowned City comes a graphic novel of one of the darkest episodes in American history: the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918.
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, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780544837409 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0544837401 |
| Author: | Don Brown |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Clarion Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2019 |
| Weight: | 465g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 168mm x 10mm |
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Critics Review
“Brown is comics’ premiere chronicler of historical catastrophes.“—Booklist “Brown (Drowned City) matches his economical text with art that skillfully depicts the steadily growing horror.“—Publishers Weekly “[R]eads like a horror story….a gripping real-life drama for youngsters who just like a pulse-pounding read as well as those with historical or scientific leanings.“—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books ” —
About The Author
Don Brown
Don Brown is the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction and Sibert Honor–winning author and illustrator of many nonfiction graphic novels for teens and picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him “a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies.” He lives in New York with his family.
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