Sat, Oct 03
|Bundok Books
Jennifer Saterdal
In 1985, eight-year-old Jennifer Saterdal was given just one day to live before her grandmother’s quick thinking saved her from a mysterious tick-borne illness. Now, she joins us at the bookstore to feature her new book, Bitten, a gripping true story of survival and an essential guide to the hidden
Time & Location
Oct 03, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Bundok Books, 3827 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98373, USA
About the event
At eight years old Jennifer Saterdal was given one day to live. Her brother had two. The doctors had run out of answers. Her grandmother walked in with a magazine article and saved their lives.
That was 1985. Ticks have not slowed down since.
Bitten is a true story about survival, paying attention, and the information most people don't have until it's too late. What started as a childhood near-death experience from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever became a lifelong mission to pay attention to bodies, to symptoms, to the things doctors miss and families need to know.
Every year an estimated 31 million Americans are bitten by a tick. Reported cases of tick-borne disease have more than doubled in the past two decades. Most people still don't know what ticks are carrying.
This book covers it all — from Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever to Alpha-Gal Syndrome, the tick bite that makes you allergic to red meat. From Lyme disease to Powassan virus, which can be transmitted in as little as fifteen minutes. From the congressional investigation into whether the government weaponized ticks to the first Lyme vaccine in twenty-four years now seeking FDA approval.
This is not a medical textbook. It is a true story with facts attached. Written by a survivor who has spent a lifetime paying attention because life taught her early what happens when you don't.
The breakthrough is usually one crazy lady away.
Don't brush it off.
