Fever 1793 was written by Laurie Halse Anderson and has no illustrator. It was published in 2000 and is a work of historical fiction. It is about a girl living during the 1793 fever epidemic.Mattie Cook lives at the Cook Coffeehouse in Philadelphia with her mother, her grandfather, and their cook, Eliza. She spends her days avoiding chores and making their coffeehouse the best Philadelphia has ever seen. All goes well until the fever breaks out. Disease is everywhere, and at her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie and her Grandfather leave the city. This starts one of Mattie's craziest adventures: taking care of her grandfather, coming down with the disease herself, and, finally, finding her mother and reopening their coffeehouse. Anderson will keep you turning pages and may even make you cry at the end of this bittersweet story.
