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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
2) Fever, 1793
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1793 Philadelphia, 16-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.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Cecile and her friend Marie-Grace enjoy helping at a nearby orphanage, playing with the children, but when yellow fever strikes in her own home, Cecile is more afraid than she has ever been before.
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