It’s the summer of 1793 in Philadelphia, and Mattie Cook has big plans for the family coffeehouse. Her mother has big plans of marrying Mattie off into a wealthy family, but Mattie has her eye on a young man of her own. Fever is spreading throughout Philadelphia and is reaching into Mattie’s world. Imagine the carts rolling through the city streets in search of the dead. Imagine the fear of not knowing how the fever spreads and what can be done for those who fall ill. The kaleidoscope of society swirls and shifts as the population of Philadelphia falters and turns to the hands of those they have previously enslaved. Mattie is about to lose much of what she knows and will need to find strength in herself and friends to survive and eventually thrive. Ages 10-14 270 pages