Stowaways in the Abbey
Elsie J. Oxenham
eBook
(Reading Essentials, June 15, 2020)
The girls, many of whose names start with the letter J, find themselves quarantined for measles, which was and is a life-threatening disease in many parts of the world. The virulent anti-vaccine lobby should read this book to teach them what the world was like before herd immunity existed, i.e. COVID-19. But the first half of the 20th century was a time when young and old died of measles, polio, mumps and rubella. However, the quarantine doesn't stop Jen and Jackie from having all kinds of adventures!