Imagen de portada para Elixir
Título:
Elixir
PERSONAL_AUTHOR_EPSB:
Eric, Walters
Resumen:
In 1921, twelve-year-old Ruth spends her summer at the University of Toronto and is befriended by Dr. Banting and his assistant, Mr. Best, who are searching for a cure for diabetes. When animal rights protestors try to enlist her support, Ruth is torn between loyalty to her new friends and her sympathy for the animals used in their research.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo:
2006
Descripción física:
ix, 182 p. ; 18 cm.
Información del programa:
Accelerated Reader MG 4.7 6.0 89656

Accelerated Reader 4.7 6.0

Gr. 6+

Accelerated Reading
Materia personal:
Banting, F. G. (Frederick Grant), Sir, 1891-1941-Juvenile fiction.
Término de la materia:
Loyalty -- Fiction.

Insulin -- History -- Fiction.

Animal experimentation -- Fiction.

Animal experimentation -- Dogs -- Fiction.

Animal rights movement -- Fiction.

Canadian authors

Insuline -- Histoire -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Expérimentation animale -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Banting, Frederick Grant -- Sir -- 1891-1941.

Loyauté -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Dogs -- Fiction

Insulin -- fiction

Frederick G. Banting -- fiction

Diabetes - Research

Dr. Banting - fiction

Insulin -- History.

Animal rights activists.

Summer.

Dogs as laboratory animals.
Término geográfico:
Toronto (Ont.)

Toronto (Ont.) -- Fiction.
Género:
Historical fiction.
ISBN:
9780143016410
Información de publicación:
Toronto : Puffin Canada, 2006.
Edmonton Public Schools