Beehive Award
2016 · Fiction · Nominee
About This Book
Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a "mudlark," he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He's being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. And he's got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe.
But even for Eel, things aren't so bad until that fateful August day in 1854—the day the Great Trouble begins. Mr. Griggs, the tailor, is the first to get sick, and soon it's clear that the deadly cholera—the "blue death"—has come to Broad Street.
Everyone believes that cholera is spread through poisonous air. But one man, Dr. John Snow, has a different theory. As the epidemic surges, it's up to Eel and his best friend Florrie to gather evidence to prove Snow's theory before the entire neighborhood is wiped out.
Part medical mystery, part survival story, and part Dickensian adventure, Deborah Hopkinson's The Great Trouble is a celebration of a fascinating pioneer in public health and a gripping novel about the 1854 London cholera epidemic.
But even for Eel, things aren't so bad until that fateful August day in 1854—the day the Great Trouble begins. Mr. Griggs, the tailor, is the first to get sick, and soon it's clear that the deadly cholera—the "blue death"—has come to Broad Street.
Everyone believes that cholera is spread through poisonous air. But one man, Dr. John Snow, has a different theory. As the epidemic surges, it's up to Eel and his best friend Florrie to gather evidence to prove Snow's theory before the entire neighborhood is wiped out.
Part medical mystery, part survival story, and part Dickensian adventure, Deborah Hopkinson's The Great Trouble is a celebration of a fascinating pioneer in public health and a gripping novel about the 1854 London cholera epidemic.
Awards
Nutmeg Book Award
2016 · Intermediate · Nominee
Sasquatch Award
2016 · Children/Young Adult · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2016 · Children's · Nominee
William Allen White Childens Book Award
2016 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Young Hoosier Book Award
2016 · Middle Grades · Nominee
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2015 · Grades 6-9 · Nominee
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
2015 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2015 · Children's · Nominee
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award
2015 · Children's · Nominee
Kentucky Bluegrass Award
2015 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Mark Twain Readers Award
2015 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Nene Award
2015 · Children's Fiction · Nominee
Oregon Book Award
2015 · Children's Literature · Finalist
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2015 · Junior Book · Nominee
Texas Lone Star Reading List
2015 · Young Adult · Commended
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
2014 · Ten to Fourteen · Recommended
Junior Library Guild
2014 · Selection
