MY STORY: 1600s

Civil War isn't a typical war book, which is nice. The male character is said to be too young to fight, when not that many books ago, we had 12-year-old archers.

This is the English Civil War with Charles I vs. the Roundheads, which I don't know much about. I kind of don't care either. Heh. There are certain parts of history I'm meh about.

Thomas's story is quite interesting though and he does a lot of different things. So it's worth the read.

The plague book is also pretty interesting. The girl is from a semi-wealthy family, but ends up trapped in her house, nursing her aunt, who eventually dies from the plague. Alice doesn't catch it herself, but has to wait out 40 days in her house until she's deemed safe to leave. Then she discovers her father was also sick and is stuck in one of the "pesthouses." So she tries to go to her uncle's farm, but they're not letting anyone from the city in. Back home she goes and her father ends up with her soon. There's a place where the diary could easily have ended, but then there's this whole bit tacked on months later where she's suddenly got a boyfriend and then the great fire happens. All that just feels like a useless bit of extra info, not a real story.

Highway Girl is okay. Most of the story, despite the title, is NOT about being a robber. And the ending sucks. I'm glad the three main characters get a happy ending, or at least what they wanted for the time being, but the way it happens sucks.