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Fever 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson

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During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out.

Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease.

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The New York Times Book ReviewA gripping story about living morally under the shadow of rampant death.

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The New York Times Book ReviewThe plot rages like the epidemic itself.

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VOYAA vivid work, rich with well-drawn characters.

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School Library Journalstarred reviewReaders will be drawn in by the characters and will emerge with a sharp and graphic picture of another world.

Synopsis:

In 1793, the Cook Coffeehouse outside Philadelphia is a haven for those fleeing from the fever sweeping across the mosquito-infested city. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook has just lost her childhood playmate to the fever and struggles to keep her family and her family's business alive.
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rvnrae, July 18, 2007 (view all comments by rvnrae)
This book had me on the edge of my seat from the first word to the last! I normally don't read the same book twice, but I liked this one so much that I have read it 3 times and am working on the fourth!!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780689848919
Author:
Anderson, Laurie Halse
Publisher:
Aladdin Paperbacks
Location:
New York
Subject:
Action & Adventure
Subject:
Historical - United States - Colonial
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Historical
Subject:
Health - Diseases
Subject:
Epidemics
Subject:
Health & Medicine - Diseases
Subject:
Pennsylvania
Subject:
Survival
Subject:
Yellow fever
Subject:
Philadelphia
Subject:
Action & Adventure - General
Copyright:
2002
Edition Description:
B102
Series Volume:
2002-1
Publication Date:
March 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Pages:
256
Dimensions:
7.64x5.20x.70 in. .39 lbs.
Age Level:
10-14
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