Tuberculosis (Venture--Health & the Human Body) [Library Binding]

Elaine Landau (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 6-9?With new drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis surfacing, and a 16 percent rise in new cases in the U.S., this volume is both timely and informative. Landau's crisp style serves the topic well, as she presents the history of TB, as well as its symptoms, methods of transmission, and treatment. The need for improved testing methods, new drugs, and special facilities for patient care is emphasized, and the effects of cuts in federal funding on research are addressed. A well-organized, well-written look at the resurgence of this deadly disease that offers an extensive appendix for further information.?Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 7^-12. In her usual competent reportorial style, Landau explains tuberculosis and its method of transmission, traces its etiology, and explains why it is presently resurfacing globally. In conclusion, she counters the belief of middle-class Americans that TB only affects the poor, the homeless, and AIDS patients with descriptions of an entire family in Westchester County, New York, that contracted the disease as well as incidents in other small towns and rural areas. The clear, basic organization of chapter topics lends quick access for report writers. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, the book includes an extensive list of groups to contact for further information, endnotes, and a bibliography. Merri Monks

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Library Binding: 96 pages
• Publisher: Franklin Watts; 1ST edition (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531125556
• ISBN-13: 978-0531125557
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,585,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I'm a children's book author and writing coach who loves both children and books. I've never been much of a fiction fan, I've spent my time both reading and writing nonfiction. I live in tropical Miami with my husband and son who are nonfiction lovers as well.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A very informative book, January 9, 2007

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This review is from: Tuberculosis (Venture--Health & the Human Body) (Library Binding)

Last year, I spent some time researching tuberculosis for a book I wrote about New Mexico's Sandia Mountains. Many of the towns in the Sandias were founded by tuberculosis victims trying to benefit from the desert mountains' fresh air and dry climate.
I needed to know about the disease that had afflicted them, and this was the only book about TB in the entire Albuquerque library system. The only book and, in the end, the only one I really needed.
The book is written in a style intended for young adult readers, but its tone is not condescending, and its simple style merely makes its information come across clearly and plainly. It's a good book, an informative book, and it's well enough written that I felt no qualms in quoting it in mine.