A roller coaster of emotions that takes place after a fallout caused by a plague is known as The Eleventh Plague, by Jeff Hirsch, which is a great experience. A boy named Stephen is a salvager, and when he comes upon a place where he feels like he belongs, things go wrong. He tries to save whatever he can call home, but sometimes things don’t go as planned. His dad also experiences trouble and Stephen is left to deal with the problems his dad caused. Stephen meets people and gains friends on the way, but all of them will come in handy when war is approaching. The place known as Settler’s Landing is where Stephen feels at home, but the comfort he feels is shortly interrupted when Will has chosen to be Stephen's enemy.

The way Hirsch captures real human emotions and how they act in a sci-fi book is truly amazing. He also captures real world conflicts like racism and conspiracy is truly remarkable. Hirsch has made a book for middle schoolers or older and that makes it so much better when I read it. The fact that Stephen has to manage to hold it together while his dad is in a coma is hard to do, but Stephen has full support from his friends to help him with it. Stephen will go through a lot of emotions dealing with death, self doubt, and a whole lot more. When I read it, I felt like the cross between action and emotion is remarkable, you get both sides of the book; like on one hand, you feel for the character, but on the other hand, you like all the action. The action is so well planned and executed that you get fighting, running, and sports all the good things you like to see in action books. I would recommend this book for people over the age of 10 and above.