Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
From Fever 1793"Where's Polly?" I asked as I dropped the bucket down the well. "Did you pass by the blacksmith's?
"I spoke with her mother, with Mistress Logan," Mother answered softly, looking at her neat rows of carrots.
"And?" I waved a mosquito away from my face.
"It happened quickly. Polly sewed by candlelight after dinner. Her mother repeated that over and over, 'she sewed by candlelight after dinner.' And then she collapsed."
I released the handle and the bucket splashed, a distant sound.
"Matilda, Polly's dead."
August 1793. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook is ambitious, adventurous, and sick to death of listening to her mother. Mattie has plans of her own. She wants to turn the Cook Coffeehouse into the finest business in Philadelphia, the capital of the new United States.
But the waterfront is abuzz with reports of disease. "Fever" spreads from the docks and creeps toward Mattie's home, threatening everything she holds dear.
As the cemeteries fill with fever victims, fear turns to panic, and thousands flee the city. Then tragedy strikes the coffeehouse, and Mattie is trapped in a living nightmare. Suddenly, her struggle to build a better life must give way to something even more important -- the fight to stay alive.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780689838583 |
| ISBN 10 | 0689838581 |
| Title | Fever 1793 |
| Author | Laurie Halse Anderson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Year published | 2000-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Prizes | Winner of Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2003, Commended for Jefferson Cup (Young Adults) 2001, Commended for Massachusetts Children's Book Award 2002, Short-listed for California Young Reader Medal (Middle School) 2004, Short-listed for Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Grades 6-8) 2005, Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2003, Short-listed for Nutmeg Book Award (Grades 4-6) 2003, Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Junior Book) 2002, Short-listed for Iowa Teen Award 2004 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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