For the next decade, she was the director of grants at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, after which she served as the director for foundation relations for the Oregon State University Foundation in Corvallis, Oregon. Afterwards, she worked as a development director at the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation (1985 to 1989), then the East–West Center in Honolulu (1989 to 1994). From 1981 to 1984, she served as the marketing director for the Manoa Valley Theater in Honolulu. Career īefore writing full-time, Hopkinson worked as a philanthropic fundraiser with Oregon State University, Whitman College, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She presently lives near Portland, Oregon. Thomas, and the couple has two children: Rebekah and Dimitri. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1973 and a Master of Arts from the University of Hawaiʻi in 1978. Hopkinson was born February 4, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusetts to Russell W. “For who love suspense, drama, and mystery.Deborah Hopkinson (born February 4, 1952) is an American writer of over seventy children's books, primarily historical fiction, nonfiction and picture books. “For who love suspense, drama, and mystery.” - TIME for Kids and entertaining.” - School Library Journal, Starred “Hopkinson illuminates a pivotal chapter in the history of public health. Snow’s theory-before the entire neighborhood is wiped out. As the epidemic surges, it’s up to Eel and his best friend, Florrie, to gather evidence to prove Dr. But even for Eel, things aren’t so bad until that fateful August day in 1854-the day the deadly cholera epidemic (“blue death”) comes to Broad Street.Įveryone believes that cholera is spread through poisonous air. And he’s got a secret that costs him four precious shillings a week to keep safe.

He’s being hunted by Fisheye Bill Tyler, and a nastier man never walked the streets of London. “A delightful combination of race-against-the-clock medical mystery and outwit-the-bad-guys adventure.” - Publishers Weekly, StarredĮel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a “mudlark,” he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things to sell.

The suspenseful tale of two courageous kids and one inquisitive scientist who teamed up to stop an epidemic.

The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson