Rebecca Rissman

The Chernobyl Disaster Rebecca Rissman

Brief Description: Examines the explosion and the aftermath that occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 in Ukraine. Marc Notes: Core library--Title page.; Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.; Across the globe, devastating disasters have changed the course of history. This title brings the Chernobyl disaster to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Review Citations:

School Library Journal 11/01/2013 pg. 62 (EAN 9781617839559, Library Binding)

Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 190 (EAN 9781617839559, Library Binding)

School Library Journal 11/01/2013 pg. 62 (EAN 9781624030208, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Rissman, Rebecca Rebecca Rissman has written over 100 nonfiction books for young readers about science, math, and history. Her favorite letter in the alphabet is R because when you say it out loud you sound like a pirate!Contributor Bio:  Petryna, Adriana Adriana Petryna is the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of "When Experiments Travel: Clinical Trials and the Global Search for Human Subjects" and the coeditor of "When People Come First: Critical Studies in Global Health" (both Princeton).