The color yellow is used throughout the story.

Why did some people think it was safe to stay? What would you have done?Ĥ. Mattie’s grandfather didn’t think there was any need to rush out of Philadelphia when the fever started to spread. How was the life of a fourteen-year-old in 1793 different from the life of a fourteen-year-old today? In which period would you rather live? Why?ģ. What was Philadelphia like in 1793? What were the advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside outside of Philadelphia?Ģ. Suddenly her struggle to build a better life must give way to something even more important-the fight to stay alive.ġ. Then tragedy strikes the coffeehouse, and Mattie is trapped in a living nightmare. “Fever” spreads from the docks and creeps toward Mattie’s home, threatening everything she holds dear.Īs the cemeteries fill with fever victims, fear turns to panic, and thousands flee the city. Reading Group Guideīut the waterfront is abuzz with reports of disease. Suddenly, her struggle to build a better life must give way to something even more important - the fight to stay alive. 'Fever' spreads from the docks and creeps toward Mattie's home, threatening everything she holds dear.Īs the cemeteries fill with fever victims, fear turns to panic, and thousands flee the city. She wants to turn the Cook Coffeehouse into the finest business in Philadelphia, the capital of the new United States.īut the waterfront is abuzz with reports of disease. Fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook is ambitious, adventurous, and sick to death of listening to her mother. I released the handle and the bucket splashed, a distant sound.Īugust 1793. Her mother repeated that over and over, 'she sewed by candlelight after dinner.' And then she collapsed.' 'And?' I waved a mosquito away from my face. 'I spoke with her mother, with Mistress Logan,' Mother answered softly, looking at her neat rows of carrots. 'Where's Polly?' I asked as I dropped the bucket down the well.

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