Who did Mattie wake up to in the middle of the night? fever 1793

Fever 1793

"In the middle of the night," Mattie woke up to confront robbers who entered the coffeehouse through an open window and attacked Mattie, who was sleeping downstairs. In the ensuing scuffle with one of the robbers, her Grandfather was murdered.

Explanation:

The "Fever 1793" was a novel by Laurie Halse Anderson in the year 2000. It recalls the "actual yellow fever epidemic that hit Philadelphia and wiped out some five thousand people." Mattie Cook was a victim of the yellow fever epidemic. She lost almost everything, including friends, family, and the coffeehouse business. Later, she learned to cope with the many losses. The plot's setting was in the coffeehouse in Philadelphia owned by Mattie's mother and grandfather. Mattie spent most of her days there.