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- A father who was blind has an eye tissue transplant that lets him see for the first time. - A man whose own body attacked parts of his eye receives artificial coreneascorneas and is able to see again.. - A musician with faulty cells in the retinas of his eyes is given gene therapy to correct his failing vision. That's powerful medicine! Explore the power of medicine through the true stories of people who underwent amazing treatments to regain their sight. Find out how doctors use the latest medical breakthroughs to improve the lives of patients who lost the power to see. You'll also find tips on eye safety, as well as vivid descriptions of the eye's many parts and how they work together.

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A volume in the new True Survival Stories series, this book examines medical innovations in restoring sight to persons whose blindness is due to a variety of different causes: accidents, extreme allergic reaction, retinitis pigmentosa, and faulty genes. Markle humanizes some technical and fairly abstruse material by placing it in the context of four case studies, which also demonstrate the extraordinary advances made in medical science. Though copious full-color illustrations help to make it more inviting, for a book devoted to sight, it suffers from some design flaws (pages too busy for easy visual access), and the occasional combination of blue print on black backgrounds can render text nearly invisible. That said, the book will certainly find classroom use, and the gee-whiz medical techniques will surely excite the interest of young readers. Back matter includes tips on keeping your eyes safe (though good luck getting kids to 'stay away from slingshots, bows and arrows, and firecrackers'), additional resources, and a selected bibliography. --Booklist --Journal These narratives read like information from the Discovery Health channel, for kids: part fascinating science, part human interest story, and part 'Eew, gross!' Markle devotes each volume to a severe injury, describing the nature of the accident, the damage inflicted, and the cures that saved the victims' lives. Clear, straightforward prose is supplemented by definitions and explanations of medical techniques and jargon. The numerous color photos and medical images will satisfy readers' curiosity. Each book concludes with an explanation of how to avoid the featured condition. While too slight for research, these books will hook interested readers. --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple --Journal Each of these books explores the power of medicine and features true stories of amazing treatments that helped real people overcome their medical problems. The text is accompanied by full-color photographs, including magnifications of blood cells, valves, ventricles, and optic nerve cells. Cross-sections of body parts are clearly labeled. Students will immediately be drawn to these eye-catching photographs as well as to the illustrations of some of the newest medical techniques and procedures. These books will attract not only those students studying the human body, but also those students who may be interested in a career in medicine. The author concludes with amazing facts about the heart, eyes, and blood. School librarians will want to add this series to their collection for the medical information, as well as for the additional resources listed, such as websites, support organizations, additional books on the topics, and an extended bibliography of newspapers and journals. Each book also includes 'updates' on each of the real people that the author featured throughout the series. Glossary. Table of Contents. Index. Recommended. --Library Media Connection --Journal It is the subtitle--True Survival Stories--for the new series, Powerful Medicine, that will grab the attention of middle school readers. The issues covered in the titles Leukemia, Lost Sight, and Faulty Hearts can be frightening as well as life-threatening, but the author of this series, a respected science writer, has a no-nonsense approach to the facts and risks. The illustrations and photos are stunning with medically accurate captions. Real-life patients, whose photos are included in the text, are highlighted, with updates on their progress at the end of each book. For families struggling with one of these medical conditions, a young reader and an adult may want to study the book together. For others, the books suggest great career choice ideas, offer examples of cutting edge technologies, and tell stories of heroes overcoming adversity. A glossary of medical terms, a selected bibliography, Web sites, and an index complete these short but comprehensive books. This series fills the need for up-to-date books on medical topics using vocabulary that a young teenager can understand. --VOYA --Journal

A volume in the new True Survival Stories series, this book examines medical innovations in restoring sight to persons whose blindness is due to a variety of different causes: accidents, extreme allergic reaction, retinitis pigmentosa, and faulty genes. Markle humanizes some technical and fairly abstruse material by placing it in the context of four case studies, which also demonstrate the extraordinary advances made in medical science. Though copious full-color illustrations help to make it more inviting, for a book devoted to sight, it suffers from some design flaws (pages too busy for easy visual access), and the occasional combination of blue print on black backgrounds can render text nearly invisible. That said, the book will certainly find classroom use, and the gee-whiz medical techniques will surely excite the interest of young readers. Back matter includes tips on keeping your eyes safe (though good luck getting kids to 'stay away from slingshots, bows and arrows, and firecrackers'), additional resources, and a selected bibliography. --Booklist --Journal These narratives read like information from the Discovery Health channel, for kids: part fascinating science, part human interest story, and part 'Eew, gross!' Markle devotes each volume to a severe injury, describing the nature of the accident, the damage inflicted, and the cures that saved the victims' lives. Clear, straightforward prose is supplemented by definitions and explanations of medical techniques and jargon. The numerous color photos and medical images will satisfy readers' curiosity. Each book concludes with an explanation of how to avoid the featured condition. While too slight for research, these books will hook interested readers. --School Library Journal, Series Made Simple --Journal It is the subtitle--True Survival Stories--for the new series, Powerful Medicine, that will grab the attention of middle school readers. The issues covered in the titles Leukemia, Lost Sight, and Faulty Hearts can be frightening as well as life-threatening, but the author of this series, a respected science writer, has a no-nonsense approach to the facts and risks. The illustrations and photos are stunning with medically accurate captions. Real-life patients, whose photos are included in the text, are highlighted, with updates on their progress at the end of each book. For families struggling with one of these medical conditions, a young reader and an adult may want to study the book together. For others, the books suggest great career choice ideas, offer examples of cutting edge technologies, and tell stories of heroes overcoming adversity. A glossary of medical terms, a selected bibliography, Web sites, and an index complete these short but comprehensive books. This series fills the need for up-to-date books on medical topics using vocabulary that a young teenager can understand. --VOYA --Journal Each of these books explores the power of medicine and features true stories of amazing treatments that helped real people overcome their medical problems. The text is accompanied by full-color photographs, including magnifications of blood cells, valves, ventricles, and optic nerve cells. Cross-sections of body parts are clearly labeled. Students will immediately be drawn to these eye-catching photographs as well as to the illustrations of some of the newest medical techniques and procedures. These books will attract not only those students studying the human body, but also those students who may be interested in a career in medicine. The author concludes with amazing facts about the heart, eyes, and blood. School librarians will want to add this series to their collection for the medical information, as well as for the additional resources listed, such as websites, support organizations, additional books on the topics, and an extended bibliography of newspapers and journals. Each book also includes 'updates' on each of the real people that the author featured throughout the series. Glossary. Table of Contents. Index. Recommended. --Library Media Connection --Journal

Author Information

Sandra Markle is the author of numerous award-winning books for children. A former elementary science teacher, she is a nationally-known science education consultant. Markle has received many honors for her series Animal Predators, Animal Scavengers, and Animal Prey. Several titles have been named as National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)/Children's Book Council (CBC) Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, and Animal Predators was honored as a Top 10 Youth Nonfiction Series by Booklist. Markle is also the author of the Insect World series and several single titles. Her book Rescues! was named a Best Book by the Society of School Librarians International and a Recommended Title of Outstanding Nonfiction by the National Council of Teachers of English's (NCTE) Orbis Pictus Award committee; Animal Heroes was named a 2008 Lasting Connections title by Book Links. Markle lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida with her husband, photographer Skip Jeffery.

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