The suspenseful tale of two courageous kids and one inquisitive scientist who teamed up to stop an epidemic. -- TIME for Kids. -- School Library Journal, Starred For readers] who love suspense, drama, and mystery. and entertaining. . .
Accessible . . . .
Hopkinson illuminates a pivotal chapter in the history of public health.
Snow\'s theory--before the entire neighborhood is wiped out.
As the epidemic surges, it\'s up to Eel and his best friend, Florrie, to gather evidence to prove Dr.
John Snow, has a different theory.
But one man, Dr.
Everyone believes that cholera is spread through poisonous air.
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.
And he\'s got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe.
He\'s being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. -- 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.
A delightful combination of race-against-the-clock medical Mystery and outwit-the-bad-guys adventure.
The suspenseful tale of two courageous kids and one inquisitive scientist who teamed up to stop an epidemic
