Once Upon a Fever
Angharad Walker
Jun 2024 · Scholastic Audio · Narrated by Lucy Strange
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From the critically acclaimed author of The Ash House, in a society where emotions themselves are thought to be the cause of the illness that has taken over the world, sisters Ani and Payton must unravel a dark truth in this story that explores the depth of our own strength in how we observe and deal with our emotions.
Since the world fell sick with fantastical illnesses, sisters Payton and Ani have grown up in King Jude's Hospital.
Payton wants to be a methic like her father, working on a cure for her mother's sleeping fever. Ani, however, thinks the remedy for all illness might be found in the green wilderness beyond the hospital walls.
When Ani stumbles upon an imprisoned boy who turns everything he touches to gold, her world is turned upside-down. The girls find themselves outside the hospital for the first time, a dark mystery unraveling...
From the critically acclaimed author of The Ash House, in a society where emotions themselves are thought to be the cause of the illness that has taken over the world, sisters Ani and Payton must unravel a dark truth in this story that explores the depth of our own strength in how we observe and ...
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Angharad Walker grew up on various military bases in the UK, Germany and Cyprus, where stories were often being told about far-flung places, past conflicts, and friends and family. She studied English Literature & Creative Writing at the University of Warwick, which included a year at the sunny University of California Irvine. Her fiction has been published in Structo and A Million Ways, and her poetry has made it into Agenda broadsheets and Ink Sweat & Tears. She currently lives in London, and when she’s not writing, she works as a communications consultant for charities and not-for-profits.
Lucy Strange is a bestselling British author, based in the Kent Downs in England. Her books include the critically acclaimed The Secret of Nightingale Wood, Our Castle by the Sea, and The Sisters of the Lost Marsh. Often inspired by folklore and fairy tales, Lucy combines historical settings with touches of magic and fantasy to create utterly convincing worlds in which anything might happen...
Lucy Strange is a bestselling British author, based in the Kent Downs in England. Her books include the critically acclaimed The Secret of Nightingale Wood, Our Castle by the Sea, and The Sisters of the Lost Marsh. Often inspired by folklore and fairy tales, Lucy combines historical settings with touches of magic and fantasy to create utterly convincing worlds in which anything might happen...
Angharad Walker grew up on various military bases in the UK, Germany and Cyprus, where stories were often being told about far-flung places, past conflicts, and friends and family. She studied English Literature & Creative Writing at the University of Warwick, which included a year at the sunny U...
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