Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
15 Total Resources 7 Awards View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2015
Word Count 27,676
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 980L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 175217, 5.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Science
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Typhoid Mary, -1938--Juvenile literature
- Typhoid Mary
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Prejudice & Racism
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Law & Crime
- New York
- Cooks--New York (State)--New York--Biography--Juvenile literature
- New York (State)
- Young Adult Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
- Quarantine
- Typhoid fever
- Typhoid fever--New York (State)--New York--History--Juvenile literature
- History
- Quarantine--New York (State)--New York--History--Juvenile literature
- Cooks
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living | Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
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Vocabulary Lists 1

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Awards & Distinctions 7

Outstanding Science Trade Books, 2005-2022
Commended, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Audiobooks Selection, 2016

ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2016

Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2022
Honor, 2016

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Middle Selection, 2015
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