Yellow Fever Leaves Girl Stranded
Fever 1793
Innocence vs Experience
"I stood dumbly while Grandfather knelt by Mother's side."pg.63 Here is where her mother had collapsed and she was dealing with that. Another quote that can help support the theme is when her grandfather was talking to a young man who was most likely sick, "'Hullo there, good man!' called Grandfather. 'There is no place for the dead up here. Hullo!"' Living through a traumatic time, this is an obvious theme.
Fever 1793 tells the story of Mattie Cook, a young girl who comes of age in Philadelphia during a period of epeidemic.
Is there a doctor in the house?
This picture shows how doctors would treat their patients who weren't too sick with the yellow fever, unlike Mrs. Cook, "Dear God. "'Won't that weaken her more?"' I asked. "'Bunkum,"' Dr. Kerr said angrily. "' Dr. Rush has proven that bleeding is the only way to save a patient this close to the grave."'
Yellow Fever
This picture shows how you get Yellow Fever. Although it is also contagious even though they didn't even know what the sickness was yet, they knew it was. "' I don't want her near there, not with a sickness in the air. Besides, she hasn't played with Polly for years. The girl was our servant, not a friend." This is when Polly had just died and Maddie was trying to convince her mother into letting her deliver Polly's family some food.
The Pain!
This picture shows what parts of your body are effected by yellow fever. Maddie's mother had some of these symptoms while lying in her bed, sick. "I must have dosed off. One moment, the room was still, the next, Mother flew off the pillows and was violently ill, vomiting blood all over the bed and floor. Her eyes rolled back in her head."
Laurie Halse Anderson
Fever 1793 About the Author
Laurie Halse Anderson was born on October 23, 1961 in Potsdam, New York, to Methodist minister Frank A., Jr. and manager Joyce Holcomb Halse. The author says that she decided to become a writer in second grade. Her teacher taught the class how to write haiku. She enjoyed it a lot and hopes that every second grader will learn to write poetry. Halse soon started reading library books for hours. The magic of the elementary school library came alive in life. Heidi, one of Halse's favorite books, sparked her interest in foreign cultures.
This book has won ALA Best Book For Young Adults, A Junior Library Guild Selection, New York Public Library's 100 Books For Reading And Sharing, New York Public Library's Best Books For The Teen Age, and a IRA Teacher's Choice and a ABA Pick of the Lists award.
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