Fever 1793 in Around the Year in 52 Books

Feb 20, 2008 Beth Given rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio

2022 REVIEW: It was interesting to revisit this book post-pandemic. The early stages of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia seem eerily similar to 2020 America: there were plenty who thought the plague wasn't a big deal, insisting that they continue going about their lives, and there were people whose hospitality and humanity were replaced by fear. It was interesting to see the secondary economic struggles that happened as a result of this epidemic, as we are still dealing from that i ...more

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Oct 10, 2020 Fatma rated it liked it

I’m actually between a 3 and a 4. I started with 4 but changed to a 3. I think I enjoyed the epilogue the most. And it may has been a different experience with a paper book in my hands and not an ebook- where I could flip back and look at the quotes the author chose to introduce each chapter.

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Oct 22, 2008 Ann rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction, boston, massachusetts, female-relationships, young-adult, coming-of-age, 18th-century, disease

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I liked many things about this book. I love this time period, I love YA books about young women becoming adults, and I love books written about little-known moments in history. However, I did not love this book. I may have liked it more had I read it when I was an actual young adult, but I suspect that many of the same things would have annoyed me. I disliked the pacing of the book (having the heroine get the fever - and recover from it - halfway through the book seemed somewhat anticlimactic to ...more

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Oct 29, 2019 Michelle Gragg rated it really liked it

Shelves: school, read-alouds

Great example of historical fiction. Kids liked it by the end but could not get into the first half. Told from the viewpoint of a girl in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 in a diary type format.

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