A Parcel of Patterns
When the Plague comes to Eyam in a package of dress patterns ordered from London by the new pastor's wife, the townspeople take an oath to close the parish boundaries, so that none shall leave and none shall enter. Sixteen year old Mall Percival, trapped within the town while the man she loves waits outside, bears witness to the death and suffering of family, friends and neighbors while the Plague rages from September 1665 to October 1666. Stark, compelling prose gives power to the brilliantly executed story of common people faced with extraordinary and incomprehensible circumstances. ©1983 Cooperative Children's Book Center
CCBC Age Recommendation: Age 14 and older
Age Range:
Grades 9-12 (Age 14 and older)
Format:
Novel
Subjects:
17th Century
British and British Americans
Community
Death and Dying
Grief and Loss
Historical Fiction
Illness and Disease
Survival
Publishers:
Farrar Straus Giroux, Macmillan
Publish Year: 1983
Pages: 139
ISBN: 0374357501
CCBC Location: Fiction, Walsh