| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z |
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| Grades 5 - 8 | Grades 2 - 12 | Z |
Is the book Fever 1793 a true story?
The book Fever 1793 is not a true story. It is classified as historical fiction. It is classified as historical fiction. Who runs the coffeehouse at the end of the novel?
What are facts in the book Fever 1793?
- Full Title: Fever 1793
- When Written: 2000
- Where Written: New York, United States
- When Published: 2000
- Literary Period: Contemporary
- Genre: Young adult historical fiction
- Setting: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Climax: Mattie’s mother returns home
- Antagonist: Yellow fever
- Point of View: First person
Is Fever 1793 based on a true story?
Fever, 1793. Fever, 1793 is a YA historical novel by American author Laurie Halse Anderson, published in 2000. Set in late colonial Philadelphia and based on true events, the story follows fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook as the city she lives in falls prey to a deadly outbreak of yellow fever.
What was the summary plot for the book Fever 1793?
Plot Summary. Mattie Cook lives with her mother and grandfather above the family’s coffee shop when the historic 1793 yellow fever epidemic hits Philadelphia. After Mattie’s mother becomes ill, Grandfather takes Mattie to the countryside to stay with friends. The journey is interrupted first by Grandfather’s heart trouble and then by ...
Why is it significant that mattie is bitten by a mosquito in the opening chapter? What might that mosquito bite foreshadow
Matty is bitten by the insect in order to foreshadow later events, for the deadly fever that strikes Philadelphia is spread by mosquito bites. The...
Describe a morning at the Cook Coffeehouse.
On a typical morning, Mattie goes downstairs to the kitchen and eats a fast breakfast provided by Eliza, the coffeehouse cook. After breakfast, she...
What can you infer or guess about Mrs. Bowles, based on the excerpt? Use evidence from the text to support your response.
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Who dead in fever 1703
Polly Logan is a serving girl at the Cooks’ coffeehouse and one of the first victims of yellow fever. Her death upsets Matilda, for the girls used...
Why is it significant that mattie is bitten by a mosquito in the opening chapter? What might that mosquito bite foreshadow
Matty is bitten by the insect in order to foreshadow later events, for the deadly fever that strikes Philadelphia is spread by mosquito bites. The...
Describe a morning at the Cook Coffeehouse.
On a typical morning, Mattie goes downstairs to the kitchen and eats a fast breakfast provided by Eliza, the coffeehouse cook. After breakfast, she...
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