The Eleventh Plague

Works Cited

Hirsch, Jeff. The Eleventh Plague. New York City: Scholastic press, 2011. Print.

The exposition- A boy named Stephen Quinn and his father are out looking for supplies when they seen slavers. The slavers trap the dad and Stephen in a corner. The dad tells Stephen to run, and he does. The dad follow, but accidently gets seriously injured.

The rising action-Then as the dad lay there some scavengers come by and take Stephen and his dad in. While the dad is recovering Stephen meets a girl named Jenny who convinces him to run away with her.

The climax- When Jenny and Stephen are running away they see a big house which belongs to the leader. The decide to light some fireworks next to the animals and scare them, but the prank goes wrong and the town thinks a rival town did it, so they go to war.

The falling action- Stephen feels bad about starting the war, so he decides to tell the town that he light the fireworks, but it is to late. The town was already at war. The town talks to the rival town and the make a peace treaty. The towns decide to leave each other alone.

The resolution- In the end Jenny and Stephen go back to live there once again.

Climax

Rising action

Falling action

Introduction

Conclusion

opinions

Main Characters

I think this because it's full of action, tragedy, and you never know what's going to happen next.

Conflict

My opinion on the book is, it's a tough book to put down.

The main characters are Stephen Quinn and Jenny.

My opinions on the book.

Stephen was born five years after the collapse and has lost all family. Jenny was just a baby when her parents left her for dead until a family found her and took her in as her own.

The town despises having strange people there, so they want Stephen gone. The town decides to let him stay when he helps the town settle an argument with another settlement.

When China bombed us with P-11 two thirds of the population was wiped out. Then as Stephen Quinn was taken to a mysterious town

The antagonist is the slavers, and Caleb. The slavers chased the dad which caused him to fall off the cliff and get hurt. Caleb is the leader of the town, and doesn't want Stephen to stay.

The protagonists of the story are Violet who takes care of Stephen's dad, and helps Stephen make good choices. Another protagonist is Jenny who also helps Stephen make good choices. The last protagonist is Stephen who likes helping out the town by harvesting, and steering Jenny away from bad choices.

Connections

Text to self- The text to self is I've had a close family member die.

Text to world- The text to world is we have been at war with China before.

Summary

Fifteen years ago the Chinese bombed us with a plague called P-11. Five years later a baby was born with the name Stephen Quinn. Ten years later Stephen, his dad, and his grandpa are out searching for supplies when Stephen's grandpa starts to feel ill.

They pull over and the grandpa dies. Then the dad and Stephen go looking for supplies when the dad falls off a cliff and gets knocked unconscious. Some scavengers come by and take Stephen and his dad in. The town despises the dad and Stephen coming, but one family takes them in, and gives the dad medical attention.

While the dad is being treated, Stephen decides to go to school. While he's about to go in he meets a cute girl named Jenny. They get talking, and they decide to run away. While running away they decide to play a prank. but it turns out to become a war. Stephen decides to tell the town that he played the prank. The town decides to let the kids back in, and they continue to live in peace and quite.

Setting

Genre

The genre of the story is realistic fiction, because the story has never happened before, but it could happen.

The setting of the story is a mysterious town.

The Setting of the story

The main character was blindfolded by some men to conceal their location.

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The Eleventh Plague

By Jeff Hirsch