Henrietta Lacks a poor Southern tobacco farmer was buried in an unmarked grave sixty years ago. Yet her cells -- taken without her knowledge grown in culture and bought and sold by the billions -- became one of the most important tools in medical research. Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey from the "colored" ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to East Baltimore today where Henrietta's family struggles with her legacy.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Large Print Press
Published: 03/08/2011
ISBN: 9781594134326
Pages: 618
Weight: 1.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.30d
Large Print
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 151442 / Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Reading Level: 8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 18