The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Cunningham, Kevin

The Bubonic Plague

112 pp. | ABDO | January, 2011 | Library ISBN 978-1-61714-762-3 $34.22

(4) YA Essential Events series. This book traces the deadly disease from the Justinian Plague (542–544 CE) through the European (1360s) and Chinese plagues (1855) to twentieth-century outbreaks. The search for the cause, spread, and methods of dealing with the pestilence are presented, along with key figures involved. Drawings, maps, and sidebars extend the readable narrative but crowd the pages. Reading list, timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg