Fever 1793, Laurie Halse Anderson. (Hardcover 0689838581)

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Fever 1793
Author: 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 di... more » 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.

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ISBN-13: 9780689838583 ISBN-10: 0689838581 Publication Date: 9/1/2000 Pages: 251 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Rating: Currently 4.1/5 Stars. 7 4.1 stars, based on 7 ratings	Publisher: Simon Schuster Children's Publishing Book Type: Hardcover Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette Members Wishing: 0 Reviews: Member \| Amazon \| Write a Review

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Stephanie S. (skywriter319) - Boonton, NJ reviewed Fever 1793 on 10/22/2009 + 848 more book reviews

FEVER 1793 satisfies the desire for strong female protagonists in historical fiction, and establishes Laurie Halse Anderson as a supremely multitalented author. Mattie experiences problems that modern girls can relate to: the desire to escape the drudgery of being worked by her mom in the coffeehouse, financial independence. Many people swear by this book, but I think I might have read it a bit too late, for I felt the plot was a little choppyâ€”what I believed wouldâ€™ve been the climax happened early on in the book, and I spent the last two-thirds floundering and trying to get back on track. Nevertheless, the characters are well-developed, and there is enough excitement that this should appeal to young girls.

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Tamar A. (Anoushig03) reviewed Fever 1793 on 7/14/2008 + 15 more book reviews

Historical fiction, moving, touching, saddening, wisening (if that's even a word).

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Kim N. reviewed Fever 1793 on 3/31/2007 + 2 more book reviews

Great historical fiction on the yellow fever epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia.

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