Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat
by Jarrow, Gail
SLJ Best BookJefferson Cup Award/HonorCommunicable DiseasesScientistsJunior Library Guild SelectionMedicine
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AR Book Level
7.6
AR Points
5
Word Count
29,524
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
166188 EN
About this book
This account of the mysterious disease that spread across the American South in the early 1900s, which left people weak, disfigured, and sometimes caused their deaths, discusses how doctors and public health officials found the cause and cure.