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The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel

The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel

Hopkinson, Deborah

Paperback

General Juvenile FictionHistory

Publisher Price: $8.99

ISBN10: 0375843086
ISBN13: 9780375843082
Publisher: Yearling Books
Published: Feb 10 2015
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.60
Language: English
The suspenseful tale of two courageous kids and one inquisitive scientist who teamed up to stop an epidemic.

A delightful combination of race-against-the-clock medical mystery and outwit-the-bad-guys adventure. --Publishers Weekly, Starred

Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a mudlark, he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell. He's being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. And he's got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe. But even for Eel, things aren't so bad until that fateful August day in 1854--the day the deadly cholera epidemic (blue death) comes to Broad Street.

Everyone believes that cholera is spread through poisonous air. But one man, Dr. John Snow, has a different theory. As the epidemic surges, it's up to Eel and his best friend, Florrie, to gather evidence to prove Dr. Snow's theory--before the entire neighborhood is wiped out.

Hopkinson illuminates a pivotal chapter in the history of public health. . . . Accessible . . . and entertaining. --School Library Journal, Starred

For [readers] who love suspense, drama, and mystery. --TIME for Kids

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