Day 30- Virus Books

As we head into May, I want to share lots and lots of books for you to be thinking about and reading! Make a list of favorites! Today, I am going to share all my favorite books that have to do with a virus outbreak. When things happen that may feel scary or worrisome, I like to learn about them. It helps me worry less as I find out more information. So, here are some great books! Enjoy!

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.
Outside the towering stone walls that surround them is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.
Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying: Remember. Survive. Run.

Laura and Alec are highly trained teenage terrorists. Jack and Aubrey are small-town high school students. There was no reason for their paths ever to cross.

But now a mysterious virus is spreading throughout America, infecting teenagers with impossible superpowers—and all teens are being rounded up, dragged to government testing facilities, and drafted into the army to fight terrorism.

Suddenly, Jack, Laura, Aubrey, and Alec find their lives intertwined in a complex web of deception, loyalty, and catastrophic danger—where one wrong choice could trigger an explosion that ends it all.

When Dean raced out the door to catch the school bus, he didn't realize it would be the last time he'd ever see his mom. After a freak hailstorm sends the bus crashing into a superstore, Dean and a group of students of all ages are left to fend for themselves.

They soon realize the hailstorm and the crash are the least of their worries. After seeing a series of environmental and chemical disasters ravage the outside world, they realize they're trapped inside the store.

Unable to communicate with the ones they love, the group attempts to cobble together a new existence. As they struggle to survive, Dean and the others must decide which risk is greater: leaving... or staying. (YA level- recommended 7th grade and up)

Adventure is in Tory Brennan's blood. After all, she’s the grandniece of world-famous forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. Always up for a challenge, Tory and her science-geek friends spend their time exploring the marshlands of Loggerhead Island, home to the very off-limits Loggerhead Island Research Institute, where something strange is going on. After rescuing a stray wolfdog pup from a top-secret lab, Tory and her friends are exposed to a rare strain of canine parvovirus, changing them--and their DNA--forever. Now they are more than friends. They are a pack. They are Virals. And they're dangerous to the core. But are they unstoppable enough to catch a cold-blooded murderer?

As a “silent carrier,” Typhoid Mary infected numerous people and triggered many deaths. Jarrow weaves Mary’s story with that of two figures who worked to contain the disease: George Soper, a sanitation engineer and typhoid expert, and Josephine Baker, a New York City Department of Health doctor. Newspaper articles, courtroom documents, and personal accounts bolster an enthralling story.

Murphy follows the path of the mosquito-borne disease, telling the riveting story of the outbreak in Philadelphia as it unfolded. With newspaper articles, documents, and diary excerpts, he recreates the horror of the epidemic, recounting the role of ordinary citizens, politicians, the medical community, and the Free African Society, whose members worked tirelessly to care for the sick.

Thirteen-year-old Eel does odd jobs to survive—one of which is to assist Dr. John Snow (a real-life, groundbreaking epidemiologist). When Eel’s neighbors begin to fall fatally ill, he turns to Dr. Snow for answers. Snow, with Eel’s help, convinces an emergency committee to cut off the supply of contaminated water, curtailing London’s 1854 cholera outbreak.

Let me know and we can add to our list!