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The Battle Against Polio

Author: Peters, Stephanie True

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Book Level 8.8
Points 3.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 14995
Points per Word 0.0002
Page Count 70
Points per Page 0.042857
Series Epidemic!

Description

This book describes the history of polio, the way it spreads, its major epidemics, treatments such as the iron lung and the Kenny method, and the impact of Jonas Salk's and Albert Sabin's vaccines.