The Mending Girl

By Clara M Everhart

New England, 1907. Eleven-year-old Ivy Hartwell, newly orphaned, comes to live with her physician uncle in the small mill town of Ashford Falls - and finds herself apprenticed to his black medical bag. Bandages, fevers, croup, splinters, sprains: Ivy learns the old home remedies, the new germ theory, and the quiet bravery of first aid under pressure. But when a strange fever outbreak creeps through town - first the mill workers, then the schoolchildren - doctors are baffled and panic spreads faster than the illness itself. Ivy, armed only with her uncle's medical library, her sharp eyes, and a growing understanding of sanitation, pure water, and contagion, suspects the sickness isn't random at all. Racing against quarantine, town gossip, and her own self-doubt, Ivy must trace the outbreak to its hidden source before Ashford Falls loses more than its health - a tale of science, courage, and healing for readers who love mystery, medicine, and grit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HB2H3JJ5
• ISBN13: 9798235221161
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Clara M Everhart
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7