#fever 1793

books I’ve read in 2026 📖 no. 048

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

From Top to Botton: Whatever After: Fairest of All by, Sarah Mlynowski; nine, ten: A September 11 Story by, Nora Raleigh Baskin; Ellie's Story by, W. Bruce Cameron; Fever 1793 by, Laurie halse Anderson.

These are some of my favorite middle-grade books from my childhood or ones that I read recently.

Whatever After: Fairest of All, by, Sarah Mlynowski: This was one of the first books I loved so much. I first read this in 4th grade when I was 9. I love this whole series I still read it. 5/5 stars.

nine, ten: A September 11 Story by, Nora Raleigh Baskin: I read this book this summer and I loved it. Would give this to a child to read. 4/5 Stars.

Ellie's Story by, W. Bruce Cameron: I read this book in 6th Grade and loved it. Loved all the other books in the series too. 5/5 stars.

Plagues, Pandemics, and Disease in History and Historical Fiction 

....In case you have some time on your hands for a little light reading. 

Angels In America, by Tony Kushner: a monumental drama set during the worst of the AIDS crisis; an audio production featuring the cast of the 2018 National Theatre revival is available from Libro.fm. 

Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks: a historical novel set in a small English village in 1666

Plagues and Peoples, by William H. McNeill: influential world history through the lens of disease and pandemic 

Fever 1793, by Laurie Halse Anderson: middle grade novel about Philadelphia in the grip of Yellow Fever 

A Journal of the Plague Year, by Daniel Defoe: a fictionalized account from a first hand witness of 17th century plague in London 

Fever Year, by Don Brown: nonfiction graphic novel on the Spanish flu

How To Survive a Plague, by David France: the grassroots response to AIDS 

Pale Rider, by Laura Spinney: the international impact of the Spanish Flu 

A Company of Liars, by Karen Maitland: Chaucer’s pilgrims reimagined in a society stalked by plague 

In the Wake of the Plague, by Norman F. Cantor: how the Black Death shaped European society 

In the Shadow of Blackbirds, by Cat Winters: Young adult novel set amidst the Spiritualist surge that accompanied the Spanish Flu and World War I

Typhoid Mary, by Judith Walzer Leavitt: part social history, part biography, part medical mystery from the early days of epidemiology 

The Plague, by Albert Camus: the classic novel of Bubonic Plague in an Algerian town 

And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts: iconic investigative reporting on the AIDS crisis 

The Book of Boy, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock: middle grade historical fantasy that chases around Europe disrupted by the Black Death 

The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston: the origin and spread of Ebola 

The Last Hours, by Minette Walters: 14th century novel about trying to socially isolate the plague away 

Bring Out Your Dead, by J.H. Powell: history of yellow fever in Philadelphia 

The Great Plague: A People’s History, by Evelyn Lord: an intimate history of the Bubonic Plague in Britain 

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Teen Review Tuesday: Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Here’s a review from Jessica:

It is 1793 in Philadelphia. There is a disease spreading, caused by mosquitoes. Matilda Cook, a 14-year-old girl, and her family are trying to survive. Nobody knew the cause until a bunch of years after the outbreak. Her family, mom, grandfather, and cook try all they can to survive and defeat the disease.

Latest Book Haul

I bought these babies almost two weeks ago on separate occasions. I scored them at such a sweet deal at around 60 to 70 percent off. Who could resist not buying them, right?

Here are my recently purchased items:

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson- 69 Pesos

Naomi and Ely’s List of No Kiss by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan- 99 Pesos

Don’t even think about it by Sarah Mlynowski- 199 Pesos

This song will save your life by Leila Sales- 150 Pesos