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Fever 1793
Contributor(s): Anderson, Laurie Halse (Author), Earley, Lori (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0689838581 ISBN-13: 9780689838583
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2000
Annotation: In 1793, the Cook Coffeehouse outside Philadelphia is a haven for those fleeing from the fever sweeping across the mosquito-infested city. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook has just lost her childhood playmate to the fever and struggles to keep her family and her family's business alive.

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living - Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 00032238

Age Level: 12-15

Grade Level: 7-10

Lexile Measure: 580(Not Available)

Physical Information: 1" H x 5.78" W x 8.7" L (0.76 lbs) 256 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania
- Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Winner, Grades 4-8, 2003
Georgia Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's Book, 2003
Nutmeg Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-6, 2003
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Nominee, Junior Book, 2002
Iowa Teen Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2004
Jefferson Cup, Honor Book, Young Adults, 2001
Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Honor Book, Children's Book, 2002
California Young Reader Medal, Nominee, Middle School, 2004
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2005

Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 06/15/2000 pg. 880
Publishers Weekly 07/31/2000 pg. 96
School Library Journal 08/01/2000 pg. 177
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2000 pg. 562
Booklist 10/01/2000 pg. 332
New York Times 11/19/2000 pg. 45
Booklist 04/01/2001 pg. 1486
ALA Best Books Young Adults 01/01/2001 pg. 1365
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 82 - Superior,Well Above Average
Booklist 12/15/2001 pg. 728
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2001 pg. 82 - Superior,Well Above Average
School Library Journal 08/04/2000

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 42961
Reading Level: 4.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 7.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
From Fever 1793
Where's Polly? I asked as I dropped the bucket down the well. Did you pass by the blacksmith's?
I spoke with her mother, with Mistress Logan, Mother answered softly, looking at her neat rows of carrots.
And? I waved a mosquito away from my face.
It happened quickly. Polly sewed by candlelight after dinner. Her mother repeated that over and over, 'she sewed by candlelight after dinner.' And then she collapsed.
I released the handle and the bucket splashed, a distant sound.
Matilda, Polly's dead.
August 1793. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook is ambitious, adventurous, and sick to death of listening to her mother. Mattie has plans of her own. She wants to turn the Cook Coffeehouse into the finest business in Philadelphia, the capital of the new United States.
But the waterfront is abuzz with reports of disease. Fever spreads from the docks and creeps toward Mattie's home, threatening everything she holds dear.
As the cemeteries fill with fever victims, fear turns to panic, and thousands flee the city. Then tragedy strikes the coffeehouse, and Mattie is trapped in a living nightmare. Suddenly, her struggle to build a better life must give way to something even more important -- the fight to stay alive.

Contributor Bio(s): Anderson, Laurie Halse: - Laurie Halse Anderson is a New York Times bestselling author known for tackling tough subjects with humor and sensitivity. Her work has earned numerous ALA and state awards. Two of her books, Chains and Speak, were National Book Award finalists. Chains also received the 2009 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, and Laurie was chosen for the 2009 Margaret A. Edwards Award. Mother of four and wife of one, Laurie lives in Pennsylvania, where she likes to watch the snow fall as she writes. You can follow her adventures on Twitter @HalseAnderson, or visit her at MadWomanintheForest.com.

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