Daisy and the deadly flu : a 1918 influenza survival story /
Gilbert, Julie, 1976-
Daisy and the deadly flu : a 1918 influenza survival story / by Julie Gilbert ; illustrated by Matt Forsyth. - 100 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm - Girls survive . - Girls survive. .
Fourteen-year-old Daisy Meyer is angry and frustrated with her world: her German American town, New Ulm, is under surveillance, her father's newspaper was forced to shut down for criticizing the United States' entry into World War I, her beloved older sister Elsie's fiancé is deployed to France, and she deeply resents her stepmother--but worse is coming, because this is October 1918, and influenza is about to descend on her home and family, and it is not certain who will survive.
Ages 8-12. Stone Arch Books.
9781496587121 149658712X 9781496592156 1496592158
2019048024
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Minnesota--New Ulm--Juvenile fiction.
German American families--Minnesota--New Ulm--Juvenile fiction.
German Americans--Minnesota--New Ulm--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Minnesota--New Ulm--Juvenile fiction.
Sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Stepmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Ethnic relations--Juvenile fiction.
New Ulm (Minn.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Daisy and the deadly flu : a 1918 influenza survival story / by Julie Gilbert ; illustrated by Matt Forsyth. - 100 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm - Girls survive . - Girls survive. .
Fourteen-year-old Daisy Meyer is angry and frustrated with her world: her German American town, New Ulm, is under surveillance, her father's newspaper was forced to shut down for criticizing the United States' entry into World War I, her beloved older sister Elsie's fiancé is deployed to France, and she deeply resents her stepmother--but worse is coming, because this is October 1918, and influenza is about to descend on her home and family, and it is not certain who will survive.
Ages 8-12. Stone Arch Books.
9781496587121 149658712X 9781496592156 1496592158
2019048024
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Minnesota--New Ulm--Juvenile fiction.
German American families--Minnesota--New Ulm--Juvenile fiction.
German Americans--Minnesota--New Ulm--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Minnesota--New Ulm--Juvenile fiction.
Sisters--Juvenile fiction.
Stepmothers--Juvenile fiction.
Ethnic relations--Juvenile fiction.
New Ulm (Minn.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.