The Invisible War: A World War I Tale on Two Scales

by Gregory Crocetti, Ailsa Wild, Jeremy Barr

Book Overview

One Nurse. Trillions of microbes. A deadly WWI battle. In France of 1916, battlefield nurse Sister Annie Barnaby encounters a strain of lethal bacteria while treating a patient with dysentery. This army of bacteria invades deep into her gut, rallying the resident microbes to fight for their lives--and hers Enter the phage, deadly microscopic predators, ready to wage war and protect their host. This graphic novel examines what happens when bacteria attacks the body and how the body's defenses respond, drawing upon parallels to wartime combat.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541545281
• ISBN13: 9781541545281
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Graphic Universe (Tm)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.5" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary