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.
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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