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Title details for Vaccine Innovators Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering by S. Wood - Available

Vaccine Innovators Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering

by S. Wood
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Have you ever been vaccinated against a particular disease? As children, Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering both suffered from whooping cough, a life-threatening illness. As adults, they worked together to create a revolutionary vaccine that saved thousands of lives each year. Eldering and Kendrick worked in a Michigan lab at a time when whooping cough was spreading around the country. Determined to stop the illness, the pair tested bacteria late into the night. Soon their new vaccine was helping children across the country. But how did they get there? Find out how Eldering and Kendrick's passion for fixing a problem led them to create an important vaccine.
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Series: STEM Trailblazer Bios Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: August 1, 2016

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781512425123
  • Release date: August 1, 2016

PDF ebook

  • ISBN: 9781512410938
  • File size: 9132 KB
  • Release date: August 1, 2016

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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Health & Fitness Juvenile Nonfiction Science

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5.2
Lexile® Measure:730
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

Have you ever been vaccinated against a particular disease? As children, Pearl Kendrick and Grace Eldering both suffered from whooping cough, a life-threatening illness. As adults, they worked together to create a revolutionary vaccine that saved thousands of lives each year. Eldering and Kendrick worked in a Michigan lab at a time when whooping cough was spreading around the country. Determined to stop the illness, the pair tested bacteria late into the night. Soon their new vaccine was helping children across the country. But how did they get there? Find out how Eldering and Kendrick's passion for fixing a problem led them to create an important vaccine.
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Biography & Autobiography Health & Fitness Juvenile Nonfiction Science