An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793
by Jim Murphy
Nonfiction · ages 10–14 · 820L (~5th grade) · 165 pages · 2003
Why we'd hand it over
Gripping, historically rigorous account that models how evidence overturns expert consensus—kids emerge understanding both the horror and the intellectual detective work of epidemiology.