Daisy and the Deadly Flu: A 1918 Influenza Survival Story cover

Daisy and the Deadly Flu: A 1918 Influenza Survival Story

Author: Gilbert, Julie

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level 3.8
Points 2.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Fiction
Word Count 12043
Points per Word 0.000166
Page Count 100
Points per Page 0.02
Series Girls Survive

Description

In 1918, fourteen-year-old Daisy and her family have fallen on hard times. Her sister's fiance was deployed, and her father's newspaper was forced to shut down. When the Spanish Flu arrives, Daisy tries to shield her loved ones from the illness.