Switching Places In The Eleventh Plague

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If I had to switch places with someone from a book I read, it would be Stephen from The Eleventh Plague. I would trade places with him for lots of reasons. One of those reasons would be the fact that he gets to travel the world. He travels the world to survive in the post-apocalyptic world he is living in. I would enjoy seeing the sites and things of that nature across the globe. Another reason I would want to trade places with him would be he gets to fight for the cause he believes in. He fights the bad guys for equal rights for him and the people he lives with. He fights against the people from a different place. The final reason I would trade places with him would be he gets to risk his life for what he believes in and one day I would like

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