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Reader reviewed by Grace

Mattie is just a normal teenage girl trying to find her place in life in the year of 1793. She works with her mother and grandfather in their coffee shop, and has to put off her mother's attempts to get her to find a wealthy young man to marry. But everything changes on day when the yellow fever strikes, and Mattie must stay strong for both her mother and grandfather and use her wits to stay alive.

This is the first book I've ever read by Laurie Halse Anderson, who is one of my favorite authors. She really makes this time period interesting, especially since history textbooks skip over this interesting but devasting time. This is an interesting for both kids and adults.