Fever 1793

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 dinner. Her mother repeated that over and over, 'she sewed by candlelight after dinner.' And then she collapsed."
I released the handle and the bucket splashed, a distant sound.
"Matilda, Polly's dead."
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.

Author: Laurie Halse Anderson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/01/2000
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.78w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780689838583
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 42961 / Fever, 1793


Award: Massachusetts Children's Book Award - Honor Book
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Jefferson Cup - Honor Book
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Award: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Winner
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee
Award: Sunshine State Young Reader's Award - Nominee
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 06/15/2000 pg. 880
Publishers Weekly 07/31/2000 pg. 96
School Library Journal 08/01/2000 pg. 177
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2000 pg. 562
Booklist 10/01/2000 pg. 332
New York Times 11/19/2000 pg. 45
Booklist 04/01/2001 pg. 1486
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2001 pg. 1365
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 82 - Superior,Well Above Average
Booklist 12/15/2001 pg. 728
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 82 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 08/04/2000

About the Author
Anderson, Laurie Halse: - Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity. Her work has earned numerous ALA and state awards. Two of her books, Chains and Speak, were National Book Award finalists. Chains also received the 2009 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and Laurie was chosen for the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award. Mother of four and wife of one, Laurie lives in Pennsylvania, where she likes to watch the snow fall as she writes. You can follow her adventures on Twitter @HalseAnderson, or visit her at MadWomanintheForest.com.