title: Ebola (Epidemics)
author:  Allison Stark Draper 
description: Grade 6-8-Middle schoolers will be fascinated by the gory specificity of these series entries. Both titles are brimming with glossy, full-color images of each disease, from its origin at the cellular level through the swathe of human and animal destruction left in its wake. While both are clearly written, they take different narrative tacks. Draper traces Ebola chronologically and geographically, with scientists racing against time as the epidemics progress. Ridgway, on the other hand, approaches mad cow disease like a medical detective with a gift for prose, fascinated with the physiology of the disease and excitedly explaining the process directly to readers. With an eye always on the science, he creates crackling tension. Snappy, bold chapter headings ("The Protein Goes Bad," "The Cows Go Mad") and subheadings ("Disease Hunters," "The Green Abyss") keep both texts moving forward briskly, and the science is explained so well that the glossaries are almost unnecessary. Mad Cow, particularly, is a riveting read and will be a hot item in the circles of the curious.<BR><I>Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA </I><BR>Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  ## Lily Bard 02 - Shakespeare's Champion
  
  
    
  
  
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  ## Charlaine Harris
  
  
  ## Lily Bard 02 - Shakespeare's Champion
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I grumbled to myself as I slid out of my Skylark, Marshall's keys clinking in
  my hand. Since I made my living doing favors for people, it hardly seemed fair
  to be doing a favor for free this early in the morning.
  
  
  But this fall a flu epidemic was scything its way through Shakespeare. It had
  crept into the Body Time gym enclosed in the body of my friend Raphael
  Roundtree. Raphael had coughed and sneezed in karate class after working out
  in the weights room, neatly distributing the virus among almost all the Body
  Time clientele, with the exception of the aerobics class.
  
  
  And me. Viruses don't seem to be able to abide in my body.
  
  
  When I'd dropped by Marshall Sedaka's rented house even earlier that morning,
  Marshall had been at that stage of 