The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Author: Rebecca Skloot
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Published: 02/02/2010
Pages: 369
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.44w x 1.45d
ISBN: 9781400052172
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8
Point Value: 18
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 151442 / Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Award: Ambassador Book Awards - Winner
Award: ALA Notable Books - Winner
Award: Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Discover Great New Writers - Second Place
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Recommended
Award: L.A. Times Book Prize - Finalist
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/05/2009 pg. 40
Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/01/2009 pg. 44
Booklist 12/01/2009 pg. 18
Library Journal 12/15/2009 pg. 130
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2010 pg. 37
Vanity Fair 03/01/2010 pg. 158
New York Times Book Review 02/14/2010 pg. 22
New Yorker (The) 02/15/2010 pg. 141
Essence 03/01/2010 pg. 68
New York Times Book Review 02/07/2010 pg. 20
People Weekly 02/22/2010 pg. 53
Time 02/22/2010 pg. 15
Scientific American 03/01/2010 pg. 84
Entertainment Weekly 02/26/2010 pg. 75
Entertainment Weekly 06/18/2010 pg. 19
London Review of Books 06/10/2010 pg. 16
LJ Top 10 Book 11/01/2010 pg. 1
Discover 12/01/2010 pg. 35
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 12/05/2010 pg. 30
People Weekly 12/27/2010 pg. 61
Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2011 pg. 7
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/08/2010 pg. 22
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001
About the Author
Rebecca Skloot is an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Discover; and many others. She is coeditor of The Best American Science Writing 2011 and has worked as a correspondent for NPR's Radiolab and PBS's Nova ScienceNOW. She was named one of five surprising leaders of 2010 by the Washington Post. Skloot's debut book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, took more than a decade to research and write, and instantly became a New York Times bestseller. It was chosen as a best book of 2010 by more than sixty media outlets, including Entertainment Weekly, People, and the New York Times. It is being translated into more than twenty-five languages, adapted into a young reader edition, and being made into an HBO film produced by Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball. Skloot is the founder and president of The Henrietta Lacks Foundation. She has a B.S. in biological sciences and an MFA in creative nonfiction. She has taught creative writing and science journalism at the University of Memphis, the University of Pittsburgh, and New York University. She lives in Chicago.