A Word Too Many

Nicki still remembers the day when her whole life changed. When she could still go outside, when she could still go to school, when she still had books. But that day ended when when the Mosquito flu broke out. Almost everyone was infected, leaving thousands dead. She could no longer go outside. Those desperate for food and clothing were more dangerous than those who were infected. But she yearned for her books. She had old ones, but had read almost all of them, twice. She needed a way to disappear into another world. She sets into into her dead and abounded world, searching for one thing, books. She finds new friends along the way, who miss the old life just as much as she does. She finds a secret library hidden under ruble from an old building. But could these books bring her to certain death?