西元1793年的费城，发生了严重的传染病──黄热病，主角玛蒂达在母亲也感染黄热病之后，不得不和祖父离开他们在费城大街上所开的咖啡屋，往外地逃去。

一路上历经缺粮、生病，又和母亲失去联络，好不容易回到咖啡屋后，家中竟又遭宵小闯入洗劫一空，年迈体弱的组父在奋力抵挡窃贼后不幸去世，留下了孤苦无依的玛蒂达……

An epidemic of fever sweeps through the streets of 1793 Philadelphia in this novel from Laurie Halse Anderson where "the plot rages like the epidemic itself" (The New York Times Book Review).

During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business into the finest Philadelphia has ever seen. But then the fever breaks out.

Disease sweeps the streets, destroying everything in its path and turning Mattie's world upside down. At her feverish mother's insistence, Mattie flees the city with her grandfather. But she soon discovers that the sickness is everywhere, and Mattie must learn quickly how to survive in a city turned frantic with disease.

罗莉·华尔兹·安德森 Laurie Halse Anderson

生长于美国纽约州的锡拉丘兹。罗莉在小学二年级时，老师教她写「俳句」，她从此爱上文字。求学时代，她曾发下宏愿要把图书馆的每一本书都读完，图书馆在她眼中是天堂，图书管理员更是她心仪的工作。罗莉的写作范围很广，遍及各个年龄段。她为幼儿写图画书，也为中年级的小学生和青少年写小说，同时为学生与教师开办写作班。作品《我不再沉默》曾获「普立兹文学奖」银牌奖。

作者: Laurie Halse Anderson            平装: 272 pages

语种: English                                     ISBN-13: 978-0689848919

尺寸: 13 x 2 x 19.4 cm                      Lexile ® 580L

出版社: Simon & Schuster; Reprint ( 2002-03 )