What Was the Plague by Roberta Edwards, Who HQ, and illustrator, Dede Putra, this book tells the story of the largest and deadliest pandemic in history---the Plague. This disease spread throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe in the fourteenth century that claimed an astonishing 50 million lives by the time it officially ended. Readers will learn about how the pandemic began, how society reacted to the disease, and the impact it left on the world. Paperback, 112 pages. Ages 8-12
