Curriculum Links. Activities and Projects. What was your inspiration for Fever, ? Was the epidemic really as extreme as portrayed in the book? Where can I learn more about the epidemic? What happened to the parrot, King George? What happens after the book? Will there be a sequel? Downstairs, Matilda found Eliza in the large kitchen preparing gingerbread for the day. Matilda loved Eliza for more than her cooking abilities.
Eliza was kind and often slipped a sugar cube in the bottom of her bowl of oatmeal. Eliza was born into slavery in Virginia. When she married, her husband used his savings to buy her freedom. Eliza had been saving up to buy his, but he was killed by a wild horse. Eliza stopped speaking and went into a deep mourning, something Lucille knew well. The two women became connected through their sorrow.
The kitchen was the smaller of the two downstairs rooms. The largest was the serving room for their customers. That morning, Grandpa was also nowhere to be found. Matilda offered to search for him and Polly, but her mother ordered her to tend to the dying garden. Matilda hated taking orders. Now that she was getting older, Lucille treated her more like a servant than a daughter. She had big dreams and believed she would reach them.
At the start of the novel, Lucille hopes that Edward and Mattie will get married and run the coffeehouse together. Although not formally trained as a physician, Mr. Rowley has some medical knowledge and tries to help treat and diagnose people who have fallen ill.
He is the first person who treats Lucille after she gets sick, but he misdiagnoses her. Friends of the Cook family who have a farm in the countryside outside of Philadelphia. They invite the Cook family to stay with them during the epidemic, and they end up caring for Lucille during her illness. A woman who runs the Orphan Home in Philadelphia and cares for children who have no one else to take them in. Bowles is a kindly woman, but she has limited resources and takes a resigned attitude towards how much she can do to help.
Two young boys who are the sons of Joseph and the nephews of Eliza. When they fall sick along with Nell, Mattie helps to care for them. The Question and Answer section for Fever is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
What did they have to gain by staying? I think they worry about the coffeehouse. They also think it won't get too bad until it is too late. In chapter 9 Mattie's mother gets the fever. What can you infer or guess about Mrs. Bowles, based on the excerpt? Use evidence from the text to support your response.
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