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Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

By Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Hardcover edition

Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Imprint Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ISBN

9780544313675

Awards and Honors NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12, 2016
The Washington Posts Best Children’s Books of 2015, Nonfiction
Booklist Best Young Adult Books of 2015
2016 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book
Booklist Editor’s Choice 2015, Nonfiction, Older Readers
New York Public Library Best Books for Teens 2015
ALA Notable Books for Children 2016, Middle Readers
2016 Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 6–8
2016 CCBC Choices–Historical People, Places, and Events
2015 Cybils Awards Nomination, Young Adult Nonfiction
Booklist 2016 Top 10 Books for Youth, Biographies
2016 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award, Honor Book

Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

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Discrimination: Reference/Discussion,Violence: Mild Violence

Typhoid Mary, Mary Mallon became famous as an asymptomatic typhoid carrier. But who was Typhoid Mary, really? And did she deserve all the scorn heaped upon her? Afterword. Photo album. Time line. Notes on sources. Bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and reproductions of historical materials.
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