National Science Teaching Association Outstanding Science Trade Book 2023 School Library Journal Best Nonfiction Books 2022 YALSA/ALA Excellence in Nonfiction Award Finalist This exciting medical mystery and STEM book uncovers the secrets of the parasite named the “American Murderer.” Can early 20th-century scientists and doctors fight back and cure the victims? It sounds like a nightmare, but that’s what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s as hookworms slowly drained the energy and life from millions of southerners.
Once they invade through bare skin, the parasites travel deep into the gut of the unsuspecting host, where they suck blood like a vampire. Tiny creatures lurk in the warm soil of the American South, waiting to attack a human victim. THIRD BOOK IN THE MEDICAL FIASCOES SERIES
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