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Age 11-15
Grade 5-10

Laurie Halse Anderson

Fever, 1793

Hardcover (Perfection Learning March 1, 2002)
During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out.

Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease.

ISBN
0756910579 / 9780756910570
Pages
251
Weight
7.2 oz.
Dimensions
5.0 x 0.9 in.

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