# An American Plague

**Author:** Jim Murphy
**Grade range:** Grades 4–10
**First published:** 2003
**Page count:** 165
**Genre:** Children's
**ISBN-13:** `9780395776087`
**ISBN-10:** `0395776082`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/an-american-plague-the-true-and-terrifying-story-of-the-yellow-fever-epidemic-of
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

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