Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
In this work of historical fiction, 14-year-old Matilda Cook is caught in the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic. When Matilda recovers from the illness, she attempts to find her missing mother and is taken in by a family friend--a freed slave named Eliza.
Comments
When Matilda's mother kept throwing up and yelling to her "Get out!" I loved it. I actually felt like I was in the room and looking at the strait pale skiny finger of Matilda's mother.
It was weird though how that old man just dumped Lucille on the doorway of Matilda's home. He's a strange character but it's kind of funny that he just dumped her out of the wheel berrow.
You never met Polly in the story, but you got a good picture of who she was. She was a young girl that was a close friend to Matilda. I can't believe she just died though out of no where. That part was weird.
King George the parrot is soo funny! He doesn't have very much sentamental in the story but he does come up often. Although I do have to ask does Grandfather take King George to the country? After all he does love that bird.
I recomend this book to anybody who likes death stories. It's great! It's the best BOB book I've ever read.
-Cheyenne