Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

The Yellow Fever has ruined many lives, especially Mattie's. She's 14 and has to learn to take care of herself and others. Polly, Mattie's close friend has passed due to this disease but Mattie isn't even able to think about that. The closer the Yellow Fever gets to her family the harder it is for Mattie. It is very hard to describe this book without giving the plot away, but it is a realistic fiction (I believe) story about a girl dealing with many people around her dying. Although I've read this book as a read aloud in 3rd grade, I didn't really remember anything. When we read this book as a read aloud, I just really didn't like it because it was really sad, but I didn't really know about everything going on in the book, that's why I wanted to give it another shot. I still think this is a really sad and terrifying book, and has a lot of description. This book wasn't my favorite, because of how intense it was, but I would still recommend it to anyone who hasn't read it. It has a lot of mature topics.