# 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.

## About this book

Recreates the devastation rendered to the city of Philadelphia in 1793 by an incurable disease known as yellow fever, detailing the major social and political events as well as the time's medical beliefs and practices.

## Where this book is assigned

### Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

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