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Five questions for Amy Cherrix
Amy Cherrix’s meticulously researched page-turner Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike (Harper/HarperCollins, 8–12 years) puts a timely topic in context by examining the important work of epidemiologists in six case studies at various moments in history. For more scientific middle-grade nonfiction, see our list “Real...
Books mentioned in the February 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book
Five questions for Amy Cherrix Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike by Amy Cherrix; Harper/HarperCollins. Real science Seeds of Discovery: How Barbara McClintock Used Corn and Curiosity to Solve a Science Mystery and Win a Nobel Prize by Lori Alexander, illus. by Rebecca Santo; Clarion/HarperCollins. Mountain of Fire: The...
From the Editor - February 2025
Who’s got the flu? Here in Massachusetts we’re getting walloped ("Flu virus just won’t quit this year,” says the Boston Globe), making it a particularly good time to read Amy Cherrix’s well-researched and highly compelling Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike and Five Questions interview....
Need a good laugh?
In case you could stand to smile…these six books, recommended for preschool and/or primary readers, are full of giggles and chortles for young readers and listeners and for adult readers-aloud. See also the Humorous stories tag in the Guide/Reviews Database. Silly Boobies: A Love Story by Ame Dyckman; illus. by...
Female-focused fiction
In these six novels recommended for middle- and/or high-school readers, girls and women express themselves and help, protect, and uplift one another. March is Women’s History Month; see our Women’s History Month tag. True Life in Uncanny Valley by Deb Caletti High School Labyrinth Road/Random 416 pp. 3/25 9780593708613 $19.99...
Real science
In these five nonfiction books recommended for intermediate and/or middle-school readers, science is a lot more engaging — and more vital — than mere facts and figures. See also our Five Questions interview with Amy Cherrix about Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike and the...
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