"Albert Camus's novel The Plague will go down in literary history as one of the most talked about books of the Covid-19 crisis. Originally intended as an allegory of World War II, this story of an Algerian city gripped by an epidemic has been a staple of literature classes since 1947. Generations of students have learned that Camus was "really" writing about his experience of occupied Paris. In 2020, that reading tradition was transformed. The epidemic...

"A plague envelops the earth, decimating the population and leaving one man still alive, scientist Robert Morgan, who exhibits a strange immunity to the deadly disease. The rest of the earth's people slowly turn into bloodsucking vampires and Morgan must use all of his knowledge to survive their onslaught"--Container.

The plague, aptly known as the Black Death, swept through Europe in the 1300s, killing more than 20 million people. Not only deadly but incredibly painful, the disease was characterized by black boils all over the body that oozed blood and pus. While providing more details about the plague, this book, an asset to any social studies collection, also addresses where the lethal outbreak originated and whether it could return. Aided by striking illustrations,...

Esta nueva aventura llevará a Gregor y Boots hasta las Tierras Bajas para luchar contra la gran plaga, como auguraba la Profecía de la Sangre. Sin embargo, por primera vez, su madre impone sus condiciones: los quiere acompañar en su peligroso viaje a la selva... ¿Conseguirán juntos acabar con la guerra biológica que amenaza a los sangrecaliente de las Tierras Bajas? Eleven-year-old Gregor and his younger sister, Boots, return to the Underworld...

"Cuando Day y June chocan sus leyendas se hacen pedazos y dejan al decubierto dos personas que se atraen como polos opuestos de un imán."