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Street,Oxford OX26DP  \nOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research,scholarship,and education by publishing worldwide in  \nOxford New York  \nAuckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong KarachiKuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City NairobiNew Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto  \nWith offices in  \nArgentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France GreeceGuatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal SingaporeSouth Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam  \nOxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Pressin the UK and in certain other countries  \n◎ Margaret McAllister 2003  \nThe moral rights of the author have been assertedDatabase right Oxford University Press(maker)  \nFirst published 2003  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press,or as expressly permitted by law,or under terms agreed with the appropriatereprographics rights organization.Enquiries concerning reproductionoutside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department,Oxford University Press,at the address above  \nYou must not circulate this book in any other binding or coverand you must impose this same condition on any acquirer  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nData available  \nISBN-13:978-0-19-919659-3  \nISBN-10:0-19-919659-1  \n57910864  \nMixed Pack(1 of 6 different titles):ISBN0199196621  \nClass Pack(6 copies of 6 titles):ISBN0199196613  \nllustrated by Alice Englander  \nAcknowledgements  \np1 Eyam P.C.C.Heritage House Group Ltd;p4 Bettmann/Corbis UK Itd.;p4/5 Corel;p5 John Clifford;p13John Clifford;p20 Garden Picture Library;p71 Taxi/Getty Images;p76 MaryEvans Picture Library;p78 Corbis UK Ltd.;p78 Corel;p79(top)Eyam P.C.C./Heritage House Group Ltd;p79(bottom)George  \nD.Lepp/Corbis UK Ltd.  \nWith thanks from the author to the following:Eyam Museum staff;Nicola Wright;Dr.Claire Parsons;Tony Buglass;Francine Clifford;John Clifford  \nPrinted in China  \nPage7ntvoductio4Chapter1 July6Chapter 2 Cucklett Delph12Chapter 3 Threat25Chapter 4 Leave My Brother Alone!35Chapter 5 Lizzie44Chapter 6 Crisis54Chapter 7 The Candlesticks63Chapter &The Smell of Herbs68Chapter 9 The Burning73Story Backgvound781ndex80Glossary80  \nLondon.In 1665,the plague brought deathand misery.  \nThere was headache,weakness and fever.Then came the sore,red swellings,whichgrew harder and angrier until they burst andspread the infection further.  \nThere was thirst,pain and delirium.Skinblackened under the surface.Londonerslearned to fear coughs and sneezes,to fearcrowds,to fear each other.Few who caught itrecovered.  \nIn London's cramped streets in summer,plague spread like fire.When one member ofa family fell ill,the rest would follow.Itdestroyed,and could not be stopped.  \nEyam(pronounced“eeam”).It was ahappy,prosperous village deep in thebeautiful countryside of Derbyshire,surrounded by hills and moors.  \n# What could the nightmare of the Londonplague have to do with little Eyam?\n\nEyam  church todan  \n(left)Street scene during the London plague,from 1665.Distraught pedestrians are out ihthe street.The town crier is calling out \"Bring+your dead”.The  dead are placed in a cart0 ven awa9  \nCHAPTER  \nJuly  \n\"Do you feel well?Do you hurt anywhere?Stand still.\"  \nIt was the same first thing every morning.Lizzie lined up the younger children,Joan,Robin,and Christopher,in order of age whilethey wriggled and fidgeted.She felt theirforeheads in case they were hot and checkedunder their arms for lumps.  \nSarah was twelve,red-haired,and freckled.She checked herself before lacing up herbodice.She had her dignity to think of.Besides,she had already l","cbCaimLXT3QVc1Co","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimLXT3QVc1Co","pdf",4200041,84,"English","# Introduction\n# Chapter 1 July\n# Chapter 2 Cucklett Delph\n# Chapter 3 Threat\n# Chapter 4 Leave My Brother Alone!\n# Chapter 5 Lizzie\n# Chapter 6 Crisis\n# Chapter 7 The Candlesticks\n# Chapter 8 The Smell of Herbs\n# Chapter 9 The Burning\n# Story Background\n# Index\n# Glossary","[{\"question\":\"What event does the book connect to the village of Eyam?\",\"answer\":\"It links the nightmare of the London plague of 1665 to what happens in little Eyam.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the story show the plague spreading in London?\",\"answer\":\"It describes plague spreading like fire in cramped streets, with families falling ill after one member becomes sick.\"},{\"question\":\"What daily routine does Lizzie follow as the plague affects her family?\",\"answer\":\"Each morning she lines up the younger children, checks their foreheads and under their arms for signs such as heat or lumps, and prepares them for church while the family struggles with whether it is safe to go.\"}]","The Story 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