Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse-Anderson tells a powerful story about the grown up of a person.

Matilda
Cook is a 14-year-old girl who grows ups with her widowed mother and her grandfather in Philadelphia.

Fever 1793 begins in August 1793, with 14-year-old Matilda Cook awakening to a typical day: she helps
her mother, grandfather, and the cook Eliza run the Cook family coffeehouse, a business Matilda’s
mother manages alone since her husband’s death. Matilda butts heads with her demanding mother and
dreams of becoming an independent young woman who travels and owns her own businesses. Matilda
receives support from jovial Grandfather, a former Army captain in the Revolutionary War, and friendly
Eliza, a free black woman who is widowed. Matilda also enjoys spending time with Nathaniel Benson, a
painter’s apprentice, although Mother disapproves of his profession.

The first big problem happened when one of their worker -Polly- pass away due to the effect of a
mysterious fever. When Polly died, Mattie’s mom demands her to do the work of Polly, which is the first
stage of the growing up of Mattie. At the same time, a rumors of yellow fever spread through
Philadelphia, and soon over a hundred people die.

Soon later, her mother also got suffering with the disease; her mother health was so bad that Mattie have
to bath her mother. In order to protect Mattie from the fever his grandfather took her to the country but
got stopped by the guard. Later, on things get worse when Mattie started to suffering with the disease
herself. But she woke herself up and went in Bush Hill, an old mansion that had been renovated to be a
hospital for those sick with the fever. Unlike doctors in town who believe that taking huge amounts of
blood from patients will cure them, the men running Bush Hill believe in cleanliness, rest, and healthy
food. With this care, Mattie soon starts to recover. While Mattie is still in the hospital Grandfather goes
back to the house to find Mattie's mother but instead finds the house locked up tight. They figure she has
gone to find them at the Ludingtons'.

Later on she also found their old cooks, Eliza. Eliza takes Mattie and Nell back to her home and feeds
them both even though they only had enough food for four servings. Mattie meets Mother Smith, who
cooks and takes care of the children, William and Robert, while Joseph recovers, and Eliza works.