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Your Body Battles a Cavity
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by Vicki Cobb, illustrated by Andrew N. Harris
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Series: Body Battles
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Oh, no! You've got a cavity. Your teeth are the hardest things in your body, yet tiny germs are able to make holes in them. A hole in your tooth is called a cavity, and once you have one, only a dentist can come to the rescue. The key is to prevent cavities from forming in the first place. Every day, there’s a battle going on in your mouth. Acids and bacteria attack your teeth and plaque builds up. Your body has superheroes—your saliva—that try to fight off acids. By brushing and flossing your teeth, you can help your body fight off the germ invaders and prevent cavities.
Get a close look at the battle going on in your mouth with comic illustrations and ground-breaking photomicrographs. The photomicrographs magnify the actual cellular processes thousands of times, offering you a front-row seat for all the action.
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Reading Level:
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Grade 4
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Interest Level:
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Grades 2-5
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Ages:
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7-11
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Copyright:
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©2009
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Imprint:
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Millbrook Press
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Trim Size:
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9 x 9
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Pages:
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32
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ATOS:
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5.7
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Points:
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0.5
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Quiz:
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128156
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Book Features
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Full-Color Illustrations • Full-Color Photographs • Further Reading • Glossary • Index • Websites
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ISBN-10:
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0-8225-7469-1
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ISBN-13:
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978-0-8225-7469-9
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Format:
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Library Bound
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List Price:
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$ 25.26
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S&L Price*:
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$ 18.95
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- "These titles succeed in demystifying and explaining the science behind common childhood experiences. The body is described as a battlefield where superhero cells work hard as a team to mend a broken bone, fight off plaque, and battle an infection. To this end, many of the vibrant illustrations anthropomorphize various cells and other 'battle' participants, making the science explained approachable and easy to understand. Photomicrographs further illuminate the text. These amazing pictures, taken with a scanning electron microscope, are greatly magnified and colored to highlight certain features. Although the information at the close of Earache is perhaps simplistic and overly optimistic in terms of the body's ability to heal itself without the use of antibiotics, all three titles would be good additions to most libraries."
--School Library Journal
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*The S&L price is available only to school and library customers and reflects a 25% discount off hardcovers only.
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