Fever 1793
During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out. Disease sweeps the...
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During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out. Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780689848919 (0689848919)
ASIN: 689848919
Publish date: September 1st 2000
Publisher: Aladdin
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
Academic,
School,
Survival,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade
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