Sometimes something happens in life that forces you to grow up, even if you don’t want to or don’t feel like you are ready. The historical fiction book Fever by Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a girl named Mattie who is forced to grow up when she goes through many hardships during the Yellow Fever epidemic. Without her mom and grandfather to rely on, and many things that have to get done, Mattie has to figure things out and do things on her own. As the story goes on, Mattie goes from being lazy to being dependable. At the beginning of the story, Mattie is lazy. She reluctantly did what was told of her, and nothing more. Mother told Mattie, “I can’t tell who is lazier Polly or you.” Mother always told Mattie stories of when she was younger,