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Lexile measure
850L
Language
English
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Description
"Learn all about different kinds of sickening parasites. Discover fascinating facts, from the cousins of tongue-eating lice to how brainworms get inside animals. Amazing photos and simple text make this book a great high-interest read"--
2) Last chance
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 710L
Language
English
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Description
In Creek's Cause, the Rain brothers and their friend Alexandra fight for humanity's survival as everyone over the age of eighteen turns into dangerous, zombie-like beings.
4) The rains
Author
Series
Rains volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 770L
Language
English
Description
"In one terrifying night, the peaceful community of Creek's Cause turns into a war zone. No one under the age of eighteen is safe. Chance Rain and his older brother, Patrick, have already fended off multiple attacks from infected adults by the time they arrive at the school where other young survivors are hiding. Most of the kids they know have been dragged away by once-trusted adults who are now ferocious, inhuman beings. The parasite that transformed...
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Looks at parasites - some benign, some deadly - that make humans their hosts. Examples are discussed in detail from the three major categories: single-celled; multicellular, or worms: and ectoparasites, those that live on the body as opposed to inside it. Experts show how these organisms proliferate through vectors, creatures that transmit parasites, such as the mosquito that carries malaria or the fly that transmits "river blindness." Interviews...
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The body is a fortress under constant assault. It faces threats from infectious diseases, parasites, allergens, environmental toxins, physical trauma, and natural disasters from without, to overzealous allergic, immune, and inflammatory responses, and cellular mutations from within. This course is an introduction to the field of pathophysiology--the study of the disruptions in a normal body's functions caused by disease or injury. Beginning with an...
Series
Research reporting series. 1 Environmental health effects research volume EPA-600/1-80-024
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Author
Series
Report / 97th Congress 2d session House of Representatives volume no. 97-875
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
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