The Fever is a typically Megan Abbott novel about teenage girls navigating a hostile world. As one after another falls victim to a strange illness, the school and town are alive with rumours. Family betrayals, love, friendship and warring loyalties weave a complicated plot that resolves beautifully. Although teenage girls are the subject matter /5(). The Fever by Megan Abbott. First Edition, hardcover, pages, ISBN: Very rare, valuable First Edition. In this impossible-to-put-down panic attack of a novel, a small-town high school becomes the breeding ground for a mysterious illness. The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seemingly idyllic suburban community. The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher, father of two teens: Eli, a hockey star and girl magnet, and his sister Deenie, a diligent student. Their seeming stability, however, is thrown into chaos when Deenie's best friend is struck by a terrifying.
Megan Abbott is the award-winning author of nine novels, including You Will Know Me, The Fever, Dare Me, and The End of www.doorway.ru received her PhD in literature from New York University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Guardian, and The Believer. Abbott may be on her way to becoming a major writer."—Booklist (Starred Review) "[Abbott] is a skilled storyteller, and The Fever is a gripping and unsettling novel."—Hannah Tennant-Moore, The New York Times Book Review "[Megan Abbott is] a unique talent with a signature style that gets stronger with every book. The Fever: A Novel by Megan Abbott. The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seemingly idyllic suburban community. The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher, father of two teens: Eli, a hockey star and girl magnet, and his sister Deenie, a diligent student.
The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seemingly idyllic suburban community. The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher, father of two teens: Eli, a hockey star and girl magnet, and his sister Deenie, a diligent student. Their seeming stability, however, is thrown into chaos when Deenie's best friend is struck by a terrifying. But in “The Fever,” Abbott attributes the epidemic to a curious brand of black magic. Lise Daniels, the first girl at Dryden High to have a seizure, is a formerly chubby child who has grown. The Fever is a typically Megan Abbott novel about teenage girls navigating a hostile world. As one after another falls victim to a strange illness, the school and town are alive with rumours. Family betrayals, love, friendship and warring loyalties weave a complicated plot that resolves beautifully.
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