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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002-01-03

Fever 1793

Fever 1793

Laurie Halse Anderson, Author

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9780689848919

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In 1793 the Cook Coffeehouse outside of Philadelphia is a haven for those fleeing from the fever sweeping across the mosquito-infested city. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook loses her childhood playmate to the fever and struggles to keep her family and its business alive.
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Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Diseases • Girls & Women • Health & Daily Living • Historical • Illnesses & Injuries • JUV001000 • JUV014000 • JUV015020 • JUV016120 • Juvenile Fiction • United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods

Age Range • 10-14

Pages • 272

Subjects • Yellow fever • Pennsylvania • Philadelphia • Epidemics • History • 1775-1865 • Philadelphia (Pa.) • Self-reliance

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure • Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living | Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries • Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women

An epidemic of fever sweeps through the streets of 1793 Philadelphia in this novel from Laurie Halse Anderson where "the plot rages like the epidemic itself" (The New York Times Book Review).

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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