TABLE OF CONTENTS Sickness and Health 4 Answers in Old Books 10 Saving Lives 18 Time Line 21 Glossary 22 Index 23 Text-Dependent Questions 23 Extension Activity 23 About the Author and Illustrator 24
SICKNESS AND HEALTH Tu Youyou was born in China Her father got her name from an old Chinese poem The poem says The deer cry yoo yoo as they eat wormwood Wormwood is a wild plant Youyou’s family knew education was important Youyou and her four brothers went to good schools 4
Chinese Names In China family names or last names are said first The child’s given name is said second Tu was the family’s name 5
