This was an okay book but it was really scary in my opinion. If you want to read this book don't read it at night.
Fever 1793
By Laurie Halse Anderson
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 5 - 8 | Grades 10 - 9 | Z | 4.4 | 51076 |
It's late summer 1793, and the streets of Philadelphia are abuzz with mosquitoes and rumors of fever. Down near the docks, many have taken ill, and the fatalities are mounting. Now they include Polly, the serving girl at the Cook Coffeehouse. But fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook doesn't get a moment to mourn the passing of her childhood playmate. New customers have overrun her family's coffee shop, located far from the mosquito-infested river, and Mattie's concerns of fever are all but overshadowed by dreams of growing her family's small business into a thriving enterprise. But when the fever begins to strike closer to home, Mattie's struggle to build a new life must give way to a new fight-the fight to stay alive.
Publisher: Listening Library
ISBN-13: 9780307260499
ISBN-10: 0307260496
Published on 1/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
Book Reviews (78)
1 word...WOW!!! This book is VERY good and I loved it a lot. It was so different form the books I’m used to reading and the time of the book is very different from what I usually read which was new to me but very good!!!
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This is an awesome book! My teacher started reading it to us not to long ago and it we still didn't finish the book. But I did do well on the quiz. I'm sad the grandfather died, though. 😞
This book is fantastic! I read it for the first time in 5th grade and have read it many times since then. Very well written and one of my personal favorites :)
This book is extremely interesting
Being a girl who gets lost in thought over the deeper plots, this book had me from the start. From beginning to end, this beautifully written story grasps your attention and leaves you hungry enough to read the last page before the first. I was head over heels, falling into the cold water, too deep, free falling, trigger-happy in love with Fever. We're all sure you'll be, too.
Young Maddy is caught in an epidemic. Everyone in Philadelphia is falling sick with fever. So when hard times fall upon Maddy and her small family, she must learn how to stay strong even when you feel like you're falling.
I really like historical fiction and when I saw this on the bookshelf I knew I had to read it. Over all I thought that this book was exiting yet informative at the same time.
Great book!!! :)
I love this book and the author