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Fever 1793

Fever 1793. Written by Laurie Halse Anderson By Jess Landi. The beginning of the fever. In the very beginning of the book things are normal in Philadelphia. Until the morning that Polly died of a random fever. Polly worked for the Cooks. When Mother Cook got sick.

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Fever 1793

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  1. Fever 1793 Written by Laurie Halse Anderson By Jess Landi

  2. The beginning of the fever. • In the very beginning of the book things are normal in Philadelphia. • Until the morning that Polly died of a random fever. • Polly worked for the Cooks.

  3. When Mother Cook got sick. • Mattie wasn’t allowed to go by the river because her mother thought she might get the fever. • Then her mother ended up sick in bed with the fever. • Mattie was sent into the country with her grandfather.

  4. On the road. • On there way to the country Mattie became sick with the fever. • She was sent to a hospital and slowly got better. • Her and her grandfather returned home to find her mother had left.

  5. On the first night. • On her first night home with her grandfather two men broke into her house. • The men tried to rob what ever was left of her things. • Her grandfather came down to see them hitting Mattie and attacked them with his gun from the war.

  6. After the fight. • Mattie chased the men away but when she returned home her grandfather was dead on the floor. • She went looking for Elisa and found a small girl that she took in as her own. • Once she found Elisa she stayed with her until the first frost.

  7. After the frost. • Mattie reopened her family’s coffee shop. • Elisa became Mattie’s partner and helped her run the shop. • Mattie’s mother returned home frail but alive.

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