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Fever 1793
By Anderson, Laurie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68983-858-3
- Publisher
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 4, 2000
Gr 6-10 The sights, sounds, and smells of Philadelphia when it was still the nation's capital are vividly re-created in this well-told tale of a girl's coming-of-age, hastened by the outbreak of yellow fever. As this novel opens, Matilda Cook, 14, wakes up grudgingly to face another hot August day filled with the chores appropriate to the daughter of a coffeehouse owner. At its close, four months later, she is running the coffeehouse, poised to move forward with her dreams. Ambitious, resentful of the ordinary tedium of her life, and ro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
