The invisible war : a World War I tale on two scales / created by Briony Barr and Dr. Gregory Crocetti ; written by Ailsa Wild in collaboration with Dr. Jeremy Barr ; illustrated by Ben Hutchings.

Wild, Ailsa, (author.). Barr, Briony, (creator.). Crocetti, Gregory, (creator.). Barr, Jeremy, (author.). Hutchings, Ben, (illustrator.).

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General Note:	Originally published: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia : Scale Free Network, 2016.
Summary, etc.:	In 1916 on the Western Front, Annie Barnaby nurses combat-wounded and sick soldiers but a smaller and equally deadly battle is occuring in her intestines as her phages fight disentery.

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Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2019 May #2
Here's the most bizarre concept of the year, possibly ever: splitting the story's perspective between a WWI nurse who contracts a deadly case of dysentery and the dysentery itself. Yes, you read that correctly. While we follow Sister Annie, an empathic nurse, through rounds in a WWI Casualty Clearing Center, we also follow the Shiga Gang, the Shigella Flexner bacteria infecting her innards ("Sweet! Now we gonna partay!" shout the bacteria) as her immune system mounts a counterattack. Perhaps this inner struggle is a metaphor for the devastating war raging outside, and then, perhaps, it's actually the other way around. In any case, it could be difficult to sell such a concept to most tween readers, and not just because bloody feces play such a central role. However, Wild and Barr have a contagious passion for their subject, and leaving this out for casual browsing could work wondersâthe cool/gross supermagnified depictions of bacteria and viruses help considerably. Includes explanatory text on both the history and the science, which it will be very helpful to read first. Grades 4-7. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.

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