Fever 1793

Fever 1793


By: Laurie Halse Anderson
Reviewed by: Pamela B., 15
Rating: Really liked it


Imagine one out of ten people you knew suddenly dropping dead.Based on an actual epidemic of yellow fever in Philadelphia that wiped out 5,000 people(10 percent of the city's population)in three months, this book shows the horrors of the epidemic.

The main reason I picked up this book is that I love the middle ages, and this seemed like a more modern flashback of the black death. The rich fled, corpses were loaded into carts, and there was just death all around.

16-year-old Mattie Cook is forced to grow up and learn to survive during this crisis. A Great historical fiction,easy read, but this is another must read nonetheless.


Recommended to: anyone, history lovers