The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 2010
Word Count 101,230
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1140L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 151442
- Curricular Area
- Health
- History
- Science
- Social Studies
- STEAM
- Subject Headings
- African American women--History
- Virginia
- Human experimentation in medicine--United States--History
- Medical / Nursing
- Cancer
- Medical | History
- Medical | Research
- Science | Life Sciences | Cell Biology
- Lacks, Henrietta
- Cell culture
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | African American Studies
- Medical ethics
- Research
- HeLa cells
- Health
- Science | History
- Cancer--Research
- Patients
- Cancer--Patients--Virginia--Biography
- Biography & Autobiography | Medical (Incl. Patients)
- Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951--Health
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