Fever, 1793

Title
Fever, 1793

Personal Author EPSB
Laurie Halse. Anderson

Summary
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

Other Title
Fever seventeen-ninety three
 
Fever, seventeen hundred ninety three

Year Published
2000

Physical Description
251 p. ; 22 cm.

Age Interest level
Gr. 5-9

Grade Interest level
5-8.

Program Information
Accelerated Reader UG 4.4 7.0 42961
 
5.0

Awards
ALA Best Book for Young Adults

Subject
Yellow fever -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Fiction.
 
Epidemics -- Fiction.
 
Survival -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Pennsylvania -- History -- 1775-1865 -- Fiction.
 
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Fiction.

Summary
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

ISBN
9780689838583
 
9780689848919
 
9780439355254

Publisher
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
D.S. MacKenzieFIC ANDBook30522000334984Historical Fiction
D.S. MacKenzieFIC ANDBook30522000334950Historical Fiction