This has been on my to-read list for a while. I'm a big fan of Laurie Halse Anderson, and I assumed I would love this book. 
 But I didn't. I'll admit, it's strange to be reading historical fiction by Anderson, when I'm used to reading her more contemporary stuff. And she did set the bar high with both Speak and Wintergirls. 
 I was bored while reading it. I couldn't connect with any of the characters. They fell flat for me, and didn't feel like real, living, breathing people. I felt like I didn't know anything about the characters by the end of the book. The setting was pretty generic, with very little descriptions of smells, sounds, or scenery. If I didn't know that it was set in Philadelphia, I would never have guessed that the novel took place there. 
 However, it is a good introduction to the yellow fever outbreak, and Halse clearly did her research about the yellow fever epidemic. But I felt like her characters suffered for it, and that's a disappointment, because creating vivid, memorable characters is one of Halse's strengths. 
 I have to give it a 2 out of 5. It was just okay, and not was good as I was expecting.