![]() ![]() John Snow on the 200th anniversary of his birth, this book successfully mixes historical fact with historical fiction resulting in a dynamic book with engaging characters. Now it is up to Eel to help the doctor prove that it is the water that carries the disease before hundreds more die.Ĭelebrating the visionary Dr. ![]() Everyone knows that it is spread through the air, but one doctor, that Eel does small chores for, thinks differently. Then in the summer of 1854, his entire world turns upside down and the Great Trouble begins as the Blue Death of cholera comes right into his neighborhood in London. ![]() ![]() But Eel still keeps his street smarts and listens, so he knows that Fisheye is back after him. It helps that he faked his own death to get Fisheye Bill Tyler off of his trail. He has serious responsibilities that he keeps entirely private. Things have been a lot worse for Eel in the past, he now has a place off of the streets where he can sleep safely and he only goes to the River Thames to dig for things to sell to make ends meet. The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel by Deborah Hopkinson ![]()
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