The Immune System for Kids By, Mariah, Hailey, Inanna, Aaron, Amarom

Johnny felt sick and went to the doctor.

The doctor told him that he was sick because germs got into him.

He needs help from the Immune System and antibiotics to help him get better.

The Immune System protects the body from things that can make you sick.

The Immune System is made of two parts, non-specific defenses and specific defenses.

Non-specific defenses are things like the skin, mucus, and nose hairs which act like a wall against invaders. Nose hairs and mucus defend from dirt and germs going into your body. Skin protects the inside of your body, too.

When you get hurt, your body becomes inflamed to protect dangerous things from getting into the injury This invader is trying to poke the inflammation.

These are all parts of the specific defenses of the Immune System.

Antibodies find the bad guys and hold onto them to get rid of them.

One kind of protector is the B-cell. They make antibodies which all have their own job to guard us from getting sick.

Another kind of protector is the T- cell. There are 3 kinds of T-cells. Killer T-cell Helper T-cellRegulatory T-cell

They directly attack invaders and lead others to help.

Phagocytes are another kind of protector. They find germs and get rid of them by eating them.

Johnny’s body fought off the infection and he felt much better!

About the Authors  The authors of this book are Amarom Prak, Aaron Combs, Hailey Perales, Inanna Nissan, Mariah Miano. They are all freshman at Mountain Ridge High School. Aaron is a football player and is in band. Hailey does dance. Inanna is a soccer and basketball player. Amarom is a swimmer. Mariah plays basketball and is in love with reading. Hailey, Amarom, and Aaron all helped with the information and writing of this book, while Mariah and Inanna found the illustrations.