Adaptation by Malinda Lo

Across North America, flocks of birds hurl themselves into airplanes, causing at least a dozen to crash. Thousands of people die. Fearing terrorism, the United States government grounds all flights, and millions of travelers are stranded.
Reese and her debate team partner and longtime crush David are in Arizona when it happens. Everyone knows the world will never be the same. On their drive home to San Francisco, along a stretch of empty highway at night in the middle of Nevada, a bird flies into their headlights. The car flips over. When they wake up in a military hospital, the doctor won’t tell them what happened, where they are—or how they’ve been miraculously healed… Read more.
Trigger & Content Warnings:
- Ableism & ableist language
- Coming out themes
- Blood depiction & physical injuries
- Scars
- Comas
- Hospital (setting)
- Nonconsensual medical treatment, including surgery & blood tests
- Death of a teacher
- Murder
- Gun violence
- Explosions
- Car accident
- Plane crashes (theme)
- Fire
- Animal death & dead bodies