by Anderson, Laurie Halse.
[ 02. English Fiction ] Published by : Aladdin Paperbacks, (New York :) Physical details: 251 p. ; 19 cm. Subject(s): Epidemics --Fiction. | Yellow fever --Pennsylvania --Philadelphia --Fiction. | Pennsylvania --History --1775-1865 --Fiction. Year : 2000
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In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-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.
Ages 10 and up.