The Girl with All the Gifts (2014)

Ten-year-old Melanie appears to be an exceptionally bright, affectionate schoolgirl, yet she spends her days strapped into a wheelchair at gunpoint because she is an infected hungrie. Carey crafts an extraordinary juvenile perspective, exploring the terrifying rift between her gentle personality and the overpowering predatory frenzy triggered by human scent. As her world unspools, the novel courageously questions whether the infected are truly aberrations or simply nature's brutal succession plan.