Fever 1793.

Anderson, Laurie Halse

Fever 1793. - New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2002.

Honor Book of the Massachusetts Book Award 2003

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.

0-689-84891-9


Historical fiction
Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--fiction
Epidemics--fiction
Pennsylvania--History--1775-1865--fiction
Philadelphia, PA--fiction
Survival stories--fiction
Colonial American Life--fiction
Medicine--fiction
Massachusetts Children's Book Award--Nominee--2002