Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
9.5
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
22972
Points per Word
0.000174
Page Count
149
Points per Page
0.026846
Description
This "biography" of tuberculosis is an account of the diagnosis, treatment, and "cure" of the disease over time, and the social history of an illness that could strike anywhere but was most prevalent among the poor. The coauthor is Alison Blank.