- Yellow fever, Epidemics, Juvenile fiction, Fiction
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.
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- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Laurie Halse Anderson
- First published
- 2000
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Laurie Halsile, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- Dutch, English
- ISBN
- 9789050164269
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“I woke to the sound of a mosquito whining in my left ear and my mother screeching in the right.”
American writer, known for children's and young adult novels.
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