In the wake of a mysterious global pandemic, the world's adult population has become fatally allergic to most young people between the ages of 13 and 19. But when a teenage girl and four of her friends escape from a government controlled Adolescent Safety Center in an attempt to join a growing Teenage Resistance Movement-- her pediatrician father must try to find and keep her safe-- even while knowing that a simple hug from his daughter is what tragically killed his wife.—gh