Koch, Falynn Science Comics: Plagues: the Microscopic Battlefield, 122 pages. NON-FICTION/GRAPHIC
NOVEL. First Second, 2017. $13.
A female scientist and her ECHO team have created technology
that allows them to speak to germs, bacteria, viruses, ect. They created a simulated
environment which allows them to learn about the immune system and how the
bubonic plague and the Yellow fever plague interact. Together with a T cell and
a variety of guests –the reader learns the in’s and out’s of the immune system and
a whole lot about the history of plagues.
This isn’t the first book from the Science comics series I
have reviewed but by far the most interesting topic –and I am still not a fan.
It reads like a textbook that someone tried to inject some fun into. It got
technical and confusing very quickly, the only parts I enjoyed were the
historical components –I don’t think young readers will stick with it long
enough to make it that far. The illustrations are busy and often small.
EL, MS – OPTIONAL Stephanie, Elementary School Librarian
& Author
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