Jim Murphy

National Book Award Finalist: An account of the disease that ravaged eighteenth-century Philadelphia, written and illustrated for young readers.

1793, Philadelphia: The nation's capital and the largest city in North America is devastated by an apparently incurable disease, cause unknown...

This dramatic narrative describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took on the city's residents, relating

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Presents an account of a landmark event in American history in which a future first U.S. president emerges as a military leader while working to transform a ragtag army into an effective fighting force.

Newbery Honor and Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor recipient Jim Murphy has written numerous stories based on historical events, such as The Boys' War and The Great Fire. In An American Plague, he tells the story of the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. Bizarre medical practices of the time are discussed, as well as popular historical figures, such as George Washington and Benjamin Rush, who were involved in finding a cure for this horrific outbreak. Pat Bottino's...

Nobel winner Dr. Henry Caldwell, the world's foremost mediator, and his brilliant associate, Dr. Regina Powell, have resolved conflicts ranging from family to international disputes. His latest achievement, The Caldwell Method, is capable of resolving any conflict in 100 days using techniques and strategies he has assembled. His main rival, Dr. John-Michael Robertson, eager to contest Henry's declaration, crashes the Method's unveiling. John-Michael...

After developers encroach upon its forest home, a young black bear wanders into a neighborhood and creates chaos in the middle of a peaceful summer night.

Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen.

Following her father's death from a disease that swept through her Nebraska town in 1881, teenaged Sarah Jane must find work to support herself and records in her diary her experiences as a young school teacher.

"The story of the landmark 1944 surgical procedure that repaired the heart of a child with blue baby syndrome--lack of blood oxygen caused by a congenital defect. The team that developed the procedure included a cardiologist and a surgeon, but most of the actual work was done by Vivien Thomas, an African American lab assistant who was frequently mistaken for a janitor"--Provided by publisher.

James Edmond, a sixteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his experiences and those of "G" Company which he joined as a volunteer in the Union Army during the Civil War.

Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.