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Join the search for Typhoid Mary in this early twentieth-century CSI. Now in paperback!Prudence Galewski doesn't belong in Mrs. Browning's esteemed School for Girls. She doesn't want an "appropriate" job that makes use of refinement and charm. Instead, she is fascinated by how the human body works - and why it fails.Prudence is lucky to land a position in a laboratory, where she is swept into an investigation of a mysterious fever. From ritzy mansions to shady bars and rundown tenements, Prudence explores every potential cause of the disease to no avail - until the volatile Mary Mallon emerges. Dubbed "Typhoid Mary" by the press, Mary is an Irish immigrant who has worked as a cook in every home the fever has ravaged. But she's never been sick a day in her life.
About the Author
I like to sky-dive (though I've never been) , eat chocolate ants (though I never have) , and run marathons (I can hardly walk a mile) . Ok, mostly, I like to make stuff up. That's called writing novels (that part is true!)
The more regular facts: I'm the author of INTO THE DANGEROUS WORLD, a novel about a girl graffiti artist, with drawings by Jean-Marc Superville Sovak (Viking 2015) . INTO THE DANGEROUS WORLD received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, was named a Notable Social Studies Book by the Children's Book Council for 2016, and was a Junior Library Guild Selection. My second book, DEADLY (Simon & Schuster 2011) , a medical mystery about the hunt for Typhoid Mary, won the 2011 National Jewish Book Award, was Top 10 on the American Library Association's Amelia Bloomer Project list, was named Outstanding Science Trade Book by the National Science Teachers Association for 2012, and was a Bank Street Best Book. My first book, REDEMPTION (Simon & Schuster 2004) , an epic tale of love, kidnapping, and white Indians, won the 2005 American Book Award.
You can find me at juliechibbaro.com. Come say hi!
