| Description |
86 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. |
| Édition |
First Square Fish edition. |
| Note |
Originally published in the United States by Henry Holt and Company, [2000]. |
| Bibliographie |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-79) and index. |
| Dépouillement |
Picnic -- War Fever -- Even the Circus Stopped Touring -- The Hunt Begins -- Stop What You Are Doing! Make More of Me! -- Alaska -- The Death of Private David Lewis -- The Longest Walk of Her Life -- A Note Left Behind. |
| Résumé |
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. |
| ISBN |
9781250139092 (paperback) |
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