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Name: Great Plague
Author: Pamela Oldfield

In this engaging children's novel, a 13-year-old girl narrates her experiences during the devastating 1665 Great Plague of London. The story unfolds in diary format, capturing the harrowing events and daily life of ordinary people as the plague raged through the city. As the novel transitions from the initial year of the plague to the climactic year just before the Great Fire, the narrative explores themes of isolation, fear, and the struggle to maintain a semblance of normalcy.

First publish date: 2008

Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure

Authors: Pamela Oldfield

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