Chris Weitz, "The Young World"

From the acclaimed film director behind "Twilight: New Moon" and "The Golden Compass," Chris Weitz introduces the first installment in an epic trilogy about survival. In "The Young World," a mysterious sickness has wiped out every child and adult on earth, but for unknown reasons teenagers are spared. Left without technology, the survivors must learn to master a world as they've never imagined. Smart and gritty, "The Young World" is the hottest new series for adventurous young readers.