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Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. 272 p. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
#tbt features Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson. This book was originally published in 2000 with this cover:
Sometime between its 2003 and 2008, when I left my K-8 position for a middle school, I created a unit which paired fiction and non-fiction. I paired Fever 1793 with An American Plague by Jim Murphy, which pubbed in 2003. I honestly cannot remember what other fiction/ nonfiction pairings I created, but it was a good unit. The reason why this one sticks is because Fever 1793 created two of the most unlikely readers.
JJ fell in love with this book and recommended it to his bff. Both boy's mothers were so astounded by their enthusiasm that they also read the book!
This is what great historical fiction does.
PS: I prefer the original cover.
Happy reading.
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