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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read
Review: I liked this book because it tells you about yellow fever and what it was like through a kids eye. How horrible it was for Mattie to go through the deserted streets alone. I gave this book five stars because it kept me reading on and on wondering what will happen next.
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Summary: Great Book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I usually don't like books that much but, I really got into this book. It was the best book that I ever read. I really enjoyed reading about how Mattie survived through all of her troubles.
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Summary: Fever 1793
Review: This book is excellent! A must read! If you are going through a hard time, you can relate to this!
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Summary: Fever 1793
Review: I read this book for a book report. It was an awesome book, it was very interesting and it was easy to write about. I thought this book was great.
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Summary: You Have to Read this book. It was the best!!!!!!
Review: THis book is great. I couldn't put it down. My friends and I read this, and we all agree this is a great book. I read this in two days. Laurie Halse Anderson does great work. I have read several other of her books, and they were just as great as this one. I would really recommend this for everyone. Some parts of it were sad though, like when all of Philadelphia is deserted from the yellow fever, and you learn the thousands have died beause of this terrible epidemic. If you are looking for a great read, this is the book.
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Summary: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
Review: Fever 1793 is about the yellow fever outbreak of 1793 Mattie Cook from Phillidelphia has many amazing adventures throughout the whole book. When her mother gets yellow fever Mattie and her grandfather leave for the country to avoid getting sick themselves. Then they get kicked off their carriage by the driver because grandfather was suspected of having yellow fever though he really just had a cold. I liked this book a lot because it gave you a look into the lives of people during the epidemic. I would reccomend this book for readers who love to learn about the past. I would compare this book with Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix because it address's the problems withe disease in the late 1700's to early 1800's.
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Summary: Fever 1793
Review: Fever 1793 is a great book that will [capture] you in right from the start. I loved this book because the action began right in the first couple of pages, so the first half won't bore you. I also like emotional books that make me feel like I'm the main character or right there with the main character. I felt what Mattie felt, and cried at some parts, and at others, felt like celebrating. It was as if I were in Mattie's thoughts. I would recommend this book to people that like dramatic, unpredictable, historical, and realistic novels. All in all, Fever 1793 is a really great book and I encourage everyone to read it.
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Summary: Fever 1793--The Best Book I've Ever Read
Review: The book Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is a very good book about the hardships of life. Mattie Cook, a girl that owns a coffeehouse with her mom, is very close to her family. Yellow Fever starts spreading quickly around Philadelphia. Everyone in the family gets the fever and it separates Mattie from her family. She struggles to rejoin her family but the fever is still spreading fast which makes it hard to survive.
Mattie is a very strong, brave, and likeable girl. Her mom is also very brave but can be strict. Captain William Farnsworth Cook, Mattie's grandfather, is easygoing and becomes Mattie's best friend during this hard time. This novel has a great message that every reader can apply to their life: family and friends are the most important things that you will ever have. The best thing about this book is the part where Mattie finds a little girl named Nell that is all alone because her mom died of the fever and the worst thing is that so many people die from Yellow Fever. The end to this novel is very satisfying and exciting.
The author's style keeps the reader's interest on every page in the novel. She gives the perfect amount of details, not too many not too little. The vocabulary is pretty easy except for a few words. I would recommend this novel for ages nine through thirteen because it has a great message about life, some dialogue, and some hard vocabulary. I like the way this book is written because there aren't any parts that drag out like some other books. I would give this book a rating of five stars *****.
M.A.J.
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Summary: BEST BOOK EVER!!!
Review: This book is awsome! I never liked books about the old days and I had finished another GREAT book, Night Cry, and I went to the bookshelf and picked up this book and now can't put it down. I haven't even finished it yet and I love it!
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Summary: Great historical novel for kids--based on real events
Review: My students generally enjoy the works of Laurie Halse Anderson (especially "Speak") and seeing as how I have a special interest in Early American history, I figured reading this book would kill two birds with one stone. Happily, I've discovered a book that both students and history teachers (such as myself) will enjoy.Students would enjoy this book because it's a good story. It's a coming-of-age novel about a fourteen-year-old during the days of the great Yellow Fever epidemic in 1790's Philadelphia. While those around her panic or die, Mattie (the main character) struggles to keep her head clear, her family safe, and her mother's house and business protected from robbers. It's a life or death situation that follows a young girl as she rises to the occation. American histoy teachers would also do well to either assign this book, or have it in her classroom library. Andeson attempts to be historically accurate in her period novel, and succeeds. Moreover, she mentions things that a history teacher can take and run with. Why are President Washington, Secretaries Hamilton and Jefferson, and other federal government officials in Philadelphia, anyway? What's all this talk about "bleeding" a sick person? What's a necessary? This would be a good choice to assign as a class novel as it can be used in both literature courses and history courses. Highly recommended.
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