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"Before he was Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci was a curious boy in Brooklyn, delivering prescriptions from his father's pharmacy on his blue Schwinn bicycle. His father and immigrant grandfather taught Anthony to ask questions, consider all the data, and never give up-and Anthony's ability to stay curious and to communicate with people would serve him his entire life. This engaging narrative,...
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This title takes a look at some of the amazing medicine and technology being created (like a COVID-19 vaccine and antibody therapy) and being utilized (like drones and ventilators) to help in the fight against COVID-19. This book shows the incredible things that scientists and engineers can accomplish when faced with a problem as big as a pandemic.
11) Light and air
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"Halle and her mother find unexpected solace on a tuberculosis ward in 1930s upstate New York"--
14) Super paramedic!
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When Katie's grandmother trips and breaks her ankle, Katie learns about the importance of paramedics to her neighborhood.
15) Going home
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While waiting to leave the hospital, Hugo dreams of adventures with exotic animals in faraway lands.
16) Clara Barton
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This book describes the life and the legend of Clara Barton, a civil war nurse who started a Red Cross Association in the United States.
18) Hummingbird
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When twelve-year-old Olive, who suffers from brittle bone disease and has been homeschooled all her life, finally attends school in person she soon discovers fitting in is not that easy, but if she can find the magical wish-granting hummingbird that supposedly lives nearby, and prove herself worthy, maybe her deepest wish will be granted.