Any Sign of Life by Rae Carson

• One morning, high school senior Paige Miller wakes up after being sick with what she thought was the flu and finds everyone in her house is dead.  After she ventures out, it's apparent that everyone has been wiped out, and now carrion birds and wild animals roam the streets.
• When an explosion rocks her neighborhood, Paige must flee her home with her newly adopted dog, Emmeline, and sets off in search of food, shelter, and perhaps other survivors.
• Paige does encounter other survivors, teens Trey and Tanq, and together they band together in hopes of finding out what caused the rapid mass extinction.  The trio quickly discover that there are worse things out there than escaped zoo animals, and Paige, Trey, and Tanq must depend on each other and their wits to survive.

Grades 8-12

I love a good survival story and this one does not disappoint.  If you enjoy dystopian or post-apocalyptic tales or books, movies, or shows such as The Walking Dead or The 5th Wave, then you will race through this page-turner and root for the continuance of the human race.