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The great trouble a mystery of London, the blue death, and a boy called Eel

Eel, an orphan, and his best friend Florrie must help Dr. John Snow prove that cholera is spread through water, and not poisonous air, when an epidemic sweeps across their London neighborhood in 1854.

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Main Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Snow, John, > 1813-1858 > Juvenile fiction.
Cholera > Juvenile fiction.
Epidemics > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
London (England) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain > History > Victoria, 1837-1901 > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
Medical fiction > Juvenile.
Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:Eel, an orphan, and his best friend Florrie must help Dr. John Snow prove that cholera is spread through water, and not poisonous air, when an epidemic sweeps across their London neighborhood in 1854.
Physical Description:249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-247).
ISBN:9780375848186 (hbk.)
0375848185 (hbk.)
9780375948183 (lib. bdg.)
037594818X (lib. bdg.)
9780449818190 (ebk.)
0449818195 (ebk.)
Author Notes:DEBORAH HOPKINSON has written more than 40 books for young readers. Her picture books include Sky Boys- How They Built the Empire State Building, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book; Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book and a Junior Library Guild Selection; A Boy Called Dickens; and the ALA Notable Book Apples to Oregon. She is also the author of the middle-grade novel Into the Firestorm- A Novel of San Francisco, 1906.

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