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1) Trans fats
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about trans fats, including what they are, how they are produced, their history, and the negative health effects of eating them.
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at the safety of America's food supply; examines such dangers as mercury contamination, listeria bacteria, and mad cow disease; and discusses the effect of bad food on the body and what government agencies and the food industry are doing to protect citizens from harm.
3) Fast food
Author
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents information about fast food, including its history, how it is produced, the health effects of eating it, and ways of reasonably eating it as part of a healthy diet.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book, in graphic novel format, tells the story of the Donner Party's struggle to reach California despite harsh weather and starvation.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In graphic novel format, this book tells the story of Christa McAuliffe and the six other NASA astronauts who lost their lives in the Challenger space shuttle disaster on January 28, 1986.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book, in graphic novel format, tells the story of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, an inferno that forever changed the city's skyline.