The Eleventh Plague

DescriptionofthisBookWithitscrumblingStarbucksandrustingthemeparks,TheEleventhPlaguehitsdisturbinglyclosetohome,vividlydepictingaworldthathasnose-divedintoafuturisticnightmare.Fifteen-year-oldStephenQuinnstrugglestodefinehisrulesofsurvivalinJeffHirsch'sexcellent,tautdebutnovel.--SuzanneCollins,authorofTheHungerGamesInanAmericadevastatedbywarandplague,theonlywaytosurviveistokeepmoving.Intheaftermathofawar,America'slandscapehasbeenravagedandtwothirdsofthepopulationleftdeadfromaviciousstrainofinfluenza.Fifteen-year-oldStephenQuinnandhisfamilywereamongthefewthatsurvivedandbecamesalvagers,roamingthecountryinsearchofmaterialtotradeforfoodandotheritemsessentialforsurvival.ButwhenStephen'sgrandfatherdiesandhisfatherfallsintoacomaafteranaccident,StephenfindshiswaytoSettler'sLanding,acommunitythatseemstoogoodtobetrue,wheretherearerealhouses,barbecues,aschool,andevenbaseballgames.ThenStephenmeetsstrong,defiant,mischievousJenny,whorefusestoacceptthingsastheyare.Andwhentheyplayaprankthatgoeshorriblywrong,chaoserupts,andtheyfindthemselvesinthemidstofabattlethatwillchangeSettler'sLandingforever.