Fever 1793 - Online Book Club
- Leanna Chappell
- Jul 1
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 5
Welcome to our online book club for grades 9-12! We are excited for you to join us in reading Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson.
Along with a free copy of the book, you will receive a review page so you can tell us what you thought of the book! You will also receive a questions page to consider, activity pages, and an information page with cool links related to the book!
Kits are ready for pickup today, Tuesday, July 1! Please remember that we have a limited number of kits available, so it's first come, first served. If you have any special requests or need accommodations, please let Leanna or Michelle know!
All we ask is that you read the book: do as much or as little of the rest of it as you want. No matter how much you do, the book is yours!
"Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
"During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out. Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease.”
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
More about the author and yellow fever:
Laurie Halse Anderson’s site:
History.com’s page on the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia:
Emerging Revolutionary War Era’s page on the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia:
The Library of Congress’s record of the first copyrighted pamphlet written by black authors in the nation’s history, about the 1793 yellow fever epidemic:
The CDC’s pages on yellow fever:
Included as well: a word search, a crossword puzzle, and an apple pie recipe.
We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!
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