Fever, 1793
by Laurie Halse Anderson
Since the main characters of this book live and work in a coffeeshop, I decided to drink some coffee in order to get a full sensory experience. I unfortunately could not make it to Philadelphia, where the coffeeshop is located, but I found pictures of it and it looks like a lovely place.
- Published in 2000, Fever has won many awards, including:
- American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults
- International Reading Association Teacher's Choice
- Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award
- Junior Library Guild Selection
- Children's Book-of-the-Month Club selection
- The New York Public Library's Best 2001 Books for the Teenager
This novel follows the story of a fourteen-year-old girl named Mattie over the course of a yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia in the year (you guessed it) 1793. She watches as family and friends fall ill and die all around her, and at one point she even contracts the disease. Mattie eventually is left completely alone and has to find a way to survive.
I would absolutely recommend this book. It is a historical fiction which does a good job of integrating actual people and events, for example, the yellow fever epidemic, which actually happened. The characters are well-developed and depict normal human emotions within the context of a historical story.
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