plague

Examines the causes, effects, and legacy of the epidemic that killed millions of people in Europe during the fourteenth century.

Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the life of their mother, as well as the lives of the people, bats, and rats who populate the underworld.

Provides information about bubonic plague, a killer disease that has caused several pandemics throughout history, discussing the discovery of the bacteria that causes the disease, how it spreads, and how it is treated.

Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld beneath New York City to find the cure for a terrible plague that threatens the life of their mother, as well as the lives of the people, bats, and rats who populate the underworld.

Fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon places himself, his friends, and the people of Halla in danger in order to protect the territories from a mysterious plague.

Chronicles the plague that swept through central Asia from 1347 to 1350, describing how the disease was spread and how it ultimately benefited the poor who survived.

An account of the Black Death, or bubonic plague, which spread from the Mongol Empire throughout Europe in the 1300's and the changes it brought about in medieval society.

Working on a highly-classified espionage project, four English teenagers go back in time to the Cold War in 1962 to prevent a global outbreak of the bubonic plague in the twenty-first century.

Discusses the conditions and events that led to the terrible plague that devastated fourteenth-century Europe, as well as its impact on those who survived.

Describes social and economic conditions in Europe at the outbreak of the black death and the causes and effects of the epidemic.