When his stable job is threatened and the townspeople around the Broad Street Water pump get sick with cholera, Eel finds himself helping Dr. Eel has a secret and must make more money than the average mudlarker. Hopkinson presents an interesting study of how an epidemic spreads throughout a community as a medical professional, with the assistant of an orphan, studies patterns and causes in an effort to determine the origin of a disease.Įel is an orphan in 1854 London who has gotten a job at the Lion Brewey, a lucky break that pulls him away from full-time mudlarking, a type of scavenging for junk from the Thames river to sell to traders. While I've read her nonfiction books, this is the first fiction book of hers that I've read and I'm not surprised that I found the story lacking a bit in character development, but full of great facts. “For who love suspense, drama, and mystery.” - TIME for Kidsĭeborah Hopkinson knows how to pass on interesting historical facts. and entertaining.” - School Library Journal, Starred
“Hopkinson illuminates a pivotal chapter in the history of public health. Snow’s theory-before the entire neighborhood is wiped out. As the epidemic surges, it’s up to Eel and his best friend, Florrie, to gather evidence to prove Dr. But even for Eel, things aren’t so bad until that fateful August day in 1854-the day the deadly cholera (“blue death”) comes to Broad Street.Įveryone believes that cholera is spread through poisonous air. And he’s got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe.
He’s being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. “A delightful combination of race-against-the-clock medical mystery and outwit-the-bad-guys adventure.” - Publishers Weekly, StarredĮel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a “mudlark,” he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell.
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