Overview
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, young, or frail. But the Spanish flu is exceptionally violent. Soon, thousands of people succumb. Then tens of thousands . . . hundreds of thousands and more. Graves can't be dug quickly enough. What made the influenza of 1918 so exceptionally deadly - and what can modern science help us understand about this tragic episode in history? With a journalist's discerning eye for facts and an artist's instinct for true emotion, Sibert Honor recipient Don Brown sets out to answer these questions and more in Fever Year. AGES: 12 plus AUTHOR: Don Brown is the award-winning author and illustrator of many 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Don Brown
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: Clarion Books
Dimensions:
Width: 16.80cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 26.00cm
Weight: 0.465kg
ISBN: 9780544837409
ISBN 10: 0544837401
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 09 September 2019
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
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
Brown is comics' premiere chronicler of historical catastrophes. --Booklist
Author Information
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. booksbybrown.com Instagram: @donsart
