GJSHS book reviews

Fever 1793 is a great book for people who like to read about dramatic, bad times that are based on events that actually occured with “real” people in “real” times. Fever 1793 is a book that describes the life of the protagonist, Maddie, a young girl who’s mother owns a cafe with her grandfather in 1793. When the family starts hearing of the plague that’s been going around, panic fills the air, along with a deadly sickness known as yellow fever. Throughout the book, somebody very close to Maddie gets sick, her grandfather gets the sickness and events that are very unfortunate occur one after another. The whole world is falling apart, and Maddie has to have hope, faith, and try to put back together her life again. After a long period, the plague starts to distiguish and the world starts to come back together again, but before this happens there will be suffering, depression, and deaths roaming about. So for a good book that will reach deep into you, Fever 1793 is the book for you!Jesse C. – 7th grade