false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178292186m/781110.jpg 781110 10 On the heels of her acclaimed contemporary teen novel <I>Speak</I>, Laurie Halse Anderson surprises her fans with a riveting and well-researched historical fiction. <I>Fever 1793</I> is based on an actual epidemic of yellow fever in Philadelphia that wiped out 5,000 people--or 10 percent of the city's population--in three months. At the close of the 18th century, Philadelphia was the bustling capital of the United States, with Washington and Jefferson in residence. During the hot mosquito-infested summer of 1793, the dreaded yellow fever spread like wildfire, killing people overnight. Like specters from the Middle Ages, gravediggers drew carts through the streets crying "Bring out your dead!" The rich fled to the country, abandoning the city to looters, forsaken corpses, and frightened survivors.<p> In the foreground of this story is 16-year-old Mattie Cook, whose mother and grandfather own a popular coffee house on High Street. Mattie's comfortable and interesting life is shattered by the epidemic, as her mother is felled and the girl and her grandfather must flee for their lives. Later, after much hardship and terror, they return to the deserted town to find their former cook, a freed slave, working with the African Free Society, an actual group who undertook to visit and assist the sick and saved many lives. As first frost arrives and the epidemic ends, Mattie's sufferings have changed her from a willful child to a strong, capable young woman able to manage her family's business on her own. (Ages 12 and older) <I>--Patty Campbell</I> 212043 book 2000 Fever 1793 total:4615|5:1363|4:1765|3:1136|2:290|1:61| 4615 17924 6417 870 5 4 false false Sat Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 22 09:13:09 -0800 2007 Sat Feb 23 04:18:55 -0800 2008 Laurie Anderson is the author of this wonderful book, witch has a outstanding content. The author uses a romantic technique of writing witch is bonded to the fearful story of the fever in 1793, an example of this romantic writing is the following "I thre...more...]]> 5 2 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Sep 26 23:53:40 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 17 15:19:14 -0800 2009 The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever the Epidemic that Shaped Our Historyand thoroughly enojoyed it so it was fun to read ...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Apr 25 09:15:22 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 10:10:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 10:37:53 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 21 11:23:11 -0700 2007 As a middle school English teacher, reading children's and young adult fiction is part of the job. Often it is enjoyable, and often I am annoyed because I would rather be reading something else. ...more...]]> 2 4 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue May 29 20:11:04 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 08:42:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Nov 28 15:54:10 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 16:31:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Nov 03 06:38:38 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 12:00:01 -0800 2008 4 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Apr 02 07:53:20 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 10:36:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 26 21:14:15 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 21:19:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Aug 15 10:30:41 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 10:32:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Feb 18 20:40:56 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 20:42:47 -0800 2009
“Fever 1793” is historical fiction, set in the capital city of Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic. Matilda is fourteen years old and lives with her mother and grandfather. Her father had fallen from a ladder and died unexpectedly, leaving his widow to run their ho...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 11:47:19 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 11:48:58 -0800 2009 Gr. 7-10. Sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, her widowed mother, and her grandfather are eking out a living running a coffeehouse in the middle of bustling Philadelphia when they learn that their servant girl has died of yellow fever. Thus begins Matilda's odyssey of coping an...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 09:54:35 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 10:10:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 16:45:08 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 16:45:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 31 13:23:09 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 13:38:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 08:56:59 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 09:35:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon May 25 15:37:09 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 15:57:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 08 08:45:53 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 08:49:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Apr 19 13:11:56 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 08:44:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false true Wed Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 12 10:29:04 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 10:32:40 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=781110