History smashers

Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth about history's pandemics, from the Black Death to COVID-19. Perfect for fans of I Survived! and Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales . During the Black Death in the 14th century, plague doctors wore creepy beaked masks filled with herbs. RIGHT? WRONG! Those masks were from a plague outbreak centuries later—and most doctors never wore anything like that at all!   With a mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels, acclaimed author Kate Messner delivers the whole truth about diseases like the bubonic plague, cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis, polio, influenza, and COVID-19. Discover the nonfiction series that smashes everything you thought you knew about history! Don't miss History Smashers: The Mayflower , Women's Right to Vote , Pearl Harbor , Titanic , and American Revolution .

Text Difficulty 7 - Text Difficulty 9|||1110 Lexile.|||juvenile

Kate Messner.

Electronic reproduction. New York : Random House Books for Young Readers, 2021. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 76105 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB).