Graveyard Girl

by Anna Myers

Book Overview

It is 1878 and a yellow fever epidemic has turned the boisterous city of Memphis solemn and fearful. The fever has taken Eli s mother and sister and driven his grieving father away. All alone, he vows... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802782604
• ISBN13: 9780802782601
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Walker Childrens
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Grave life

This story is about a boy named Eli who lives in Memphis, Tenneessee. He has lost his family to a disease called Yellow Jack. ELi goes too Elmwood cemetary in hopes of some help, yet he finds Grace, the Graveyard Girl, and Addie Carlile, who lost all her family too and is waiting for her Aunt to come get her. He indends on runnning away to the west to California. When Grace getse sick with the disease he feels obligated to stay and watch after the little girl, yet when he tries to put her in the orphan asylum she runs away. In the end she saves his life and the two of them live happily ever after when Addie's aunt gets to Memphis

An excellent story of American History.

I don't recall ever hearing about yellow fever before I read this book. I found this to be a gripping story of a young boy who is forced by the death around him to make some very adult decisions. I found myself compelled to read it in one sitting. This is an excellent story for those who like historical fiction or sad stories. It has a great message also.

It was very good book with extrodanary explaining.

This book I think everyone should read! It is very good at detailing and I'm almost done reading it. I'm only eleven and I haven't read a whole lot of books and I just think this book is wounderful!!!