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Fever, 1793 / Laurie Halse Anderson.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Laurie Halse.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pennsylvania--History--1775-1865--Fiction.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Fiction.
- Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Juvenile fiction.
- Yellow fever.
- Epidemics--Juvenile fiction.
- Epidemics.
- Survival--Juvenile fiction.
- Survival.
- Sick--Juvenile fiction.
- Sick.
- Self-reliance--Juvenile fiction.
- Self-reliance.
- Families--Juvenile fiction.
- Families.
- Widows--Juvenile fiction.
- Widows.
- Youth and death--Juvenile fiction.
- Youth and death.
- Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction.
- Grandfathers.
- Historical fiction.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Juvenile fiction.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Pennsylvania--History--1775-1865--Juvenile fiction.
- Pennsylvania.
- Children's stories, American--20th century.
- Children's stories, American.
- Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Fiction.
- Epidemics--Fiction.
- Survival--Fiction.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Young adult fiction.
- Juvenile materials.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Authors' inscriptions.
- Physical Description:
- 251 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "Book design by Steve Scott"--Title page verso.
- Lifetime Achievement in Literature for Young Readers, ALA.
- ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2001.
- California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Middle School/Junior High, 2004
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2003.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy inscribed by the author.
- ISBN:
- 0689838581
- 9780689838583
- 0689848919
- 9780689848919
- 0613450396
- 9780613450393
- 9781413100822
- 1413100821
- 9781439528570
- 1439528578
- 043935675X
- 9780439356756
- 0756910579
- 9780756910570
- OCLC:
- 44089242
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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