Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. 272 p. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, March, 2002. 9780689848919.
Happy Thursday! #tbt features Fever, 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. It's August and it's hot in Philadelphia, the new capital of the fledgling United States. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook drags herself out of bed to help her widowed mother run a bustling coffee house. Yellow Fever is spreading through the city. Wealthier families are leaving to stay in country homes.
Ms. Anderson brings to life the sights, smells and sounds of Philadelphia and a plucky, resilient narrator. Readers will root for Mattie as she deals with the unthinkable.
Since its publication in 2002, Fever, 1793 has been named to numerous state awards lists and Best Books lists. More importantly, this suspenseful tale has made readers of quite a number of students who do not identify as readers.
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