![]() ![]() the 1340s, because, well, when you’re a kid you don’t know about any other outbreaks of plague.) The story goes that fleas arrived in a box of cloth the local tailor ordered from London his household quickly succumbed and the plague spread from there. (A mixup I made as a kid: I thought this happened during the Black Death, i.e. Reading Year of Wonders, more of Walsh’s book came back to me than I expected, so I’m definitely going to try and reread it sometime.Įyam, located in England’s Peak District, is famous for exactly one thing: its response to an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1665. My family used the Sonlight curriculum in our homeschool, and I believe it was on one of the reading lists. I first encountered Eyam sometime around elementary or middle school age, through Jill Paton Walsh’s book A Parcel of Patterns. Rather, Year of Wonders told a story I already sort of knew, or half-remembered, from my childhood: the story of the “Plague Village” of Eyam, England. ![]() It’s also set in the 17 th century, but that wasn’t the reason. After that, I discovered Brooks had a number of other novels, most of which sounded equally fascinating, and decided to start with Year of Wonders. ![]() I read Geraldine Brooks’ novel Caleb’s Crossing a few months ago, and loved it. ![]()
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