Saving The World
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Published
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 24 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 22
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Canon City Public Library - FICTION | F ALVAREZ | On Shelf |
Fort Morgan Public Library - FICTION | FIC Alvarez, J. | On Shelf |
Gunnison High School - FICTION | Fiction Alvarez | On Shelf |
Kent Denver Upper School - HISTORICAL FICTION | F ALVAREZ Sav | On Shelf |
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Published
Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.6, 22 Points
Level 6.6, 22 Points
Notes
General Note
"A Shannon Ravenel book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Latina novelist Alma Huebner is suffering from writer's block and is years past the completion date for yet another of her best-selling family sagas. Her husband, Richard, works for a humanitarian organization and wants her help on an AIDS assignment in the Dominican Republic. But Alma begs off joining him--her publisher is breathing down her neck. She promises to work hard and follow him a bit later. The truth is that Alma is seriously sidetracked by a story she has stumbled across. It's the story of a much earlier medical do-gooder, Spaniard Francisco Xavier Balmis, who in 1803 undertook to vaccinate the population of Spain's American colonies against smallpox. To do this, he required live carriers of the vaccine. Of greater interest to Alma is Isabel Sendales y Gómez, director of La Casa de Expósitos, who was asked to select twenty-two orphan boys to be the vaccine carriers. She agreed--with the stipulation that she would accompany the boys on the proposed two-year voyage. Her strength and courage inspire Alma, who finds herself becoming obsessed with the details of Isabel's adventures.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,6.6,22.0,108887.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Alvarez, J. (2006). Saving The World (First edition.). Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alvarez, Julia. 2006. Saving The World. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Alvarez, Julia. Saving The World Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Alvarez, Julia. Saving The World First edition., Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006.
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