Fever (Destefano novel)

Fever
First edition
AuthorLauren DeStefano
Cover artistAli Smith
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Chemical Garden Trilogy
GenreDystopian science fiction
PublisherSimon & Schuster Book's For Young Readers
Publication date
February 12, 2012
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages349
ISBN9781442409088
Preceded byWither 
Followed bySever 

Fever is a 2013 young-adult dystopian novel written by Lauren DeStefano. It was published on February 12. 2012, by Simon & Schuster Book's For Young Readers. It takes place in a dystopian future where scientists have created a generation of perfect humans, who suffer from no illnesses or disorders. However, an unforeseen virus derived from the cure plagues the children and the grandchildren of the perfection generation and kills females at age 20 and males at age 25. This leads to a dramatic crisis in the population with the young dying and the perfect generation reaching old age, and a race to create a cure. It is the second book of The Chemical Garden Trilogy. The first book, Wither, was released in March 2011. The third and final book, Sever, was released in December 2013.