The ogilvie family, along with other affluent families, flees. Read fever 1793 by laurie halse anderson available from rakuten kobo. Listen to fever 1793 by laurie halse anderson available from rakuten kobo. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook free. Laurie halse anderson sets the narrative firmly in philadelphia in 1793 by alluding to famous. Fever 1793 makes mention of a number of things from that particular environment which many readers may not be familiar with. The fever 1793 community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members. Fever 1793 by laurie halse anderson bookworm burrow. In 1793, the cook coffeehouse outside philadelphia is a haven for those fleeing from the fever sweeping across the mosquitoinfested city.
Business at the coffeehouse almost completely vanishes. Bizarre medical practices of the time are discussed, as well as popular historical figures, such as. To ask other readers questions about fever 1793, please sign up. Juvenile historical fiction published in 2000 recommended age group. Which excerpt from fever 1793 directly reveals a character. Fever 1793 kindle edition by anderson, laurie halse, earley, lori. Fever 1793 ebook by laurie halse anderson rakuten kobo. Eliza, a free black woman, is the coffeehouse cook.
Matilda mattie cook is a fourteenyearold girl living above a coffeehouse in philadelphia with her mother, grandfather a former military man, a parrot named king george, and an orange cat named silas. Fever 1793 audiobook by laurie halse anderson 9781977376534. Examine this map showing the deaths from yellow fever in philadelphia in 1793. Listen to fever 1793 audiobook by laurie halse anderson. Usually, after a spree of ya literature i must read faulkner or a chapter from ulysses to come out even. Listen to fever 1793 by laurie halse anderson, bailey carr for free with a 30 day free trial. Fever 1793 kindle edition by anderson, laurie halse. Cite another passage from chapter 1 that shows what a bustling city philadelphia was in the mid. Free download or read online fever 1793 pdf epub book. An interactive reading of chapters of laurie halse andersons fever 1793 for our classroom. Name three things you want to learn about the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. Using prior knowledge and contextual clues below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text.
Laurie halse andersons fever, 1793 is a novel about a fourteenyearold girl named matilda mattie cook who comes of age during the infamous yellow fever epidemic. Matilda mattie cook is a fourteenyearold girl living above a coffeehouse in philadelphia with her mother, grandfather a former military man, a parrot named king. Mattie cooks simple life in philadelphia is shattered when an epidemic of yellow fever rages through the city. A vocabulary list featuring fever 1793 by laurie halse anderson, chapters 7. In an american plague, jim murphy tells the story of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. An epidemic of fever sweeps through the streets of 1793 philadelphia in this novel from laurie halse anderson where the plot rages like the epidemic itself the new york.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Laurie halse anderson began work on fever 1793 in 1993 after she came across an article in her local newspaper commemorating the epidemic that had devastated philadelphia two centuries. Buy fever 1793 by laurie halse anderson online at alibris. The problem in the book fever 1793 is the outbreak of yellow fever in philadelphia in the year 1793. This epidemic infected and killed about 10% of the population, which at the time was. With a straight line, match each item on the left with the. Fever 1793 laurie halse anderson incoming 8th grade summer reading packet. Fever 1793 by laurie halse anderson chapters before you read the chapter. The first edition of the novel was published in september 1st 2000, and was written by laurie halse anderson. During the summer of 1793, mattie cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Eliza scowled and waved a towel at the flies buzzing above the bowl.
The ogilvie family, along with other affluent families, flees from the city as the fever spreads. I love that book if you love to read gest read do what you love and you will got 000000 subscription you can do it. Over the next few days, the church bells toll continually for the dead, as august makes way to september. This study guide consists of approximately 50 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of fever 1793. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the. With the fever, megan abbott has created a mesmerizing, modern portrait of teenage life today. Fever 1793 laurie halse anderson duval county public. Fever spreads from the docks and creeps toward matties home, threatening. September 2nd, 1793 in laurie halse andersons fever 1793. Chapter 1 august 16th, 1793 at the very beginning of the book, matilda, the main character, wakes up and is immediately interrogated from her mother. In an intense, wellresearched tale that will resonate particularly with readers in parts of the country where the west nile virus and other insectborne diseases are active. The protagonist in most novels features the main character or good guy. Jasmin ruiz 16 year old mattie cook lives with hard working mother lucille, former captain grandfather and freed slave eliza who serves as.