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Product Identifiers

PublisherEnslow Publishing, LLC

ISBN-100766015947

ISBN-139780766015944

eBay Product ID (ePID)1770092

Product Key Features

Book TitleAls: Lou Gehrig's Disease

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2001

TopicNeurology, Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, Medical

AuthorMary Dodson Wade

Book SeriesDiseases and People Ser.

FormatLibrary Binding

Dimensions

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN00-009429

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsThis series of books appear to be well researched. All have extensive footnotes. They cover the history, diagnosis, treatments and research for future treatments, coping mechanisms, therapies, and recovery prospects for each disease. The books are aimed at helping young people understand the disease covered by each. Since a different author writes each, there is a difference in the readability. The books by Wade and Landau are books one could sit down and read. The Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder by Williams is difficult to wade through. Each uses cases of people with the disease to explain how it feels to have it and how each person copes or attempts to overcome the disease. Some are well known such as Christopher Reeves and others are not. A profile of the disease starts each book, then there are eight chapters covering it, next come several pages of questions and answers, a disease timeline, glossary, chapter notes, sources for more information including books, organizations, and internet addresses. Each has an index, which is very weak. If a student wanted to use this book for research, the index would be less than helpful. The entries are short and the terms listed are not helpful. For example, I don't think a young person researching Lou Gehrig's Disease would look for Yankee Stadium in the index (even thought Mr. Gehrig played for the New York Yankees). Names of researchers are also listed in some volumes. With all the research done to write these books, it seems a waste not to have a functional index., Appraisal Spring 2002 (LIBRARIAN)

Grade FromSixth Grade

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Grade ToSeventh Grade

Dewey Decimal616.8/3

SynopsisThis debilitating disease can strike anyone. About 10 percent of all cases are inherited. What is ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease? Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a disease that attacks the nervous system, causing severe deterioration of the muscles. It was named after the famous baseball player, who eventually died from this incurable disease. Author Mary Dodson Wade discusses the symptoms and treatments.

LC Classification NumberRC406.A24W33 2001