- Browse Category
Subjects
We Begin at the EndLearn More - Choice Picks
- Top 100 Free Books
- Blog
- Recently Added
- Submit your eBook
- Browse Category
We Begin at the EndLearn More
- Choice Picks
- Top 100 Free Books
- Blog
- Recently Added
- Submit your eBook
Fever 1793
2020-04-25 06:01:14
From Fever 1793 "Where''s Polly?" I asked as I dropped the bucket down the well. "Did you pass by the blacksmith''s? "I spoke with her mother, with Mistress Logan," Mother answered softly, looking at her neat rows of carrots. "And?" I waved a mosq...
Read more
From Fever 1793
"Where''s Polly?" I asked as I dropped the bucket down the well. "Did you pass by the blacksmith''s?
"I spoke with her mother, with Mistress Logan," Mother answered softly, looking at her neat rows of carrots.
"And?" I waved a mosquito away from my face.
"It happened quickly. Polly sewed by candlelight after dinner. Her mother repeated that over and over, ''she sewed by candlelight after dinner.'' And then she collapsed."
I released the handle and the bucket splashed, a distant sound.
"Matilda, Polly''s dead."
August 1793. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook is ambitious, adventurous, and sick to death of listening to her mother. Mattie has plans of her own. She wants to turn the Cook Coffeehouse into the finest business in Philadelphia, the capital of the new United States.
But the waterfront is abuzz with reports of disease. "Fever" spreads from the docks and creeps toward Mattie''s home, threatening everything she holds dear.
As the cemeteries fill with fever victims, fear turns to panic, and thousands flee the city. Then tragedy strikes the coffeehouse, and Mattie is trapped in a living nightmare. Suddenly, her struggle to build a better life must give way to something even more important -- the fight to stay alive. Less
"Where''s Polly?" I asked as I dropped the bucket down the well. "Did you pass by the blacksmith''s?
"I spoke with her mother, with Mistress Logan," Mother answered softly, looking at her neat rows of carrots.
"And?" I waved a mosquito away from my face.
"It happened quickly. Polly sewed by candlelight after dinner. Her mother repeated that over and over, ''she sewed by candlelight after dinner.'' And then she collapsed."
I released the handle and the bucket splashed, a distant sound.
"Matilda, Polly''s dead."
August 1793. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook is ambitious, adventurous, and sick to death of listening to her mother. Mattie has plans of her own. She wants to turn the Cook Coffeehouse into the finest business in Philadelphia, the capital of the new United States.
But the waterfront is abuzz with reports of disease. "Fever" spreads from the docks and creeps toward Mattie''s home, threatening everything she holds dear.
As the cemeteries fill with fever victims, fear turns to panic, and thousands flee the city. Then tragedy strikes the coffeehouse, and Mattie is trapped in a living nightmare. Suddenly, her struggle to build a better life must give way to something even more important -- the fight to stay alive. Less
Compare Prices
| Store | Availability | Book Format | Condition | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigo Books & Music | In Stock | Buy CAD 9.99 | ||
| eBooks.com | In Stock | Buy USD 8.99 | ||
| BetterWorld.com - New, Used, Rare Books & Textbooks | In Stock | Buy USD 3.98 | ||
| Indigo Books & Music | In Stock | Hard Cover | Hard Cover | Buy CAD 20.72 |
Available Discount
No Discount available
Related Books
View All
Good Night, Little Blue Truck
Secrets Between Us: An absolutely gripping psychological thriller
The Silent Woman (Cat Carlisle, Book 1)
Feed Your Best Friend Better: Easy, Nutritious Meals and Treats for Dogs
The Book Club
Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Indestructibles Series)
House of Shadows: An Enthralling Historical Mystery
The Pout-Pout Fish
Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell
We Are Not Friends (You Are Not Small)
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?
Life Will Be the Death of Me: ...And You Too!
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Indestructibles Series)
Can't Make This Stuff Up!: Finding the Upside to Life's Downs
The Wonderful Things You Will Be
Hurricane Season
The Secret Wife: A captivating story of romance, passion and mystery
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Clean & Lean: 30 Days, 30 Foods, a New You!
Going to School
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick!
Made for Me
You Be You: Detox Your Life, Crush Your Limitations, and Own Your Awesome
Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump
Settings
Reflow text when sidebars are open.
