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    Science Comics: Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield

    By Falynn Koch

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    “This useful introduction to the topic of disease and immunity is recommended for graphic novel enthusiasts or as a companion text in science classes.”—School Library Journal

    Writer/illustrator Falynn Koch’s Science Comics: Plagues takes readers across the microscopic battlefield to get to know the critters behind history’s worst diseases. We delve into the biology and mechanisms of infections, diseases, and immunity, and also the incredible effect that technology and medical science have had on humanity’s ability to contain and treat disease.

    Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you’re a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateAug 29, 2017
    ISBN9781250185310
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    Science Comics: Plagues: The Microscopic Battlefield
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    Falynn Koch

    Falynn Koch was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. She has an MFA in sequential art from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta and is a graduate of the International Culinary Center in New York City. She loves to travel and explore the outdoors with her husband and occasionally her dogs. Her books from First Second include Science Comics: Bats, Science Comics: Plagues, Maker Comics: Bake Like a Pro!, History Comics: The National Parks, History Comics: The Wild Mustangs (with writer Chris Duffy), and Science Comics: Elephants (with writer Jason Viola).

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    • 4/5
      Probably my favorite Science Comics book yet. Great framing reference made the information very accessible. Art was fantastic. Colors were great.
    • 3/5
      Not my favorite Science Comic. Like Dogs, it kind of jumps off the scientific deep end, with complex ideas and words that there just isn't space to explain--like "undifferentiated cells", "platelets", and "myeloid cells", which are used in sentences but undefined. The book's setup also takes up more space than in other Science Comics (though it's pretty cool): a scientist and a T white blood cell meet bubonic plague and yellow fever cells in a holographic human body to try to recruit them to help fight other diseases. With the holograph setup, readers also get to see times and places in history when plagues were worst, when humans practiced biological warfare, and when public health advocates started figuring out variolation, inoculation, and vaccination. Once we're over the technical hump and talking about history and how cells fight each other, it's easier to understand and enjoy--but, as with Dogs, some readers might not have the patience to get there.