Children as well as adults will adore Laurie Hales Anderson's Fever 1793, an adventurous, well-written novel. My first impression of the story was that it was going to be boring and uneventful. My impression was wrong! As I began reading, I learned that it was an exhilarating and fascinating book! The main character, Mattie Cook, was a valiant, and a determined young woman. During the summer of 1793, her hometown of Philadelphia was invaded by Yellow Fever. …showed first 75 words of 552 total…

…showed last 75 words of 552 total…she still had the strength to go on and live her life as if nothing was wrong. My family and I have experienced some difficult times, but we managed to find our way through them just like Mattie and her family. After I had read Fever 1793, I learned that caring and being there for your family is the most important thing in the world, and that is exactly what Mattie and her family had done.