This is a historical novel by acclaimed author, Laurie Halse Anderson. Sixteen year old Mattie Cook lives with her mother and paternal grandfather above the family coffee house in Philidelphia. She has a crush on a boy her mother doesn't approve of, and Mattie tries to get out of doing chores as often as possible! All this changes when the yellow fever epidemic hits the city. At first the family refuses to flee, while many neighbors rush to the country. Follow Mattie as she fights for her life, and those of her friends and family. Will she and her family survive the deadly disease, and the changes brought upon the city in the wake of all the disasters?
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