Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2005 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
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During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out.
Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease.
Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease.
Awards
California Young Reader Medal
2004 · Middle School · Nominee
Iowa Teen Award
2004 · Young Adult · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2004 · Middle Grades · Nominee
Georgia Children's Book Award
2003 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Nominee
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2003 · Intermediate · Nominee
Nutmeg Book Award
2003 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2003 · Grades 4-8 · Winner
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2002 · Children's Book · Honor Book
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2002 · Junior Book · Nominee
Jefferson Cup
2001 · Young Adults · Honor Book
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