If darker books aren't a problem, these have young female protagonists:
The Way We Fall - Megan Crewe - 2012 - deadly virus sweeps through a small Eastern Canadian island community Life as We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer - 2006 - catastrophe leads to a family quietly starving and freezing to death at home.
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Date: 2012-02-23 04:12 am (UTC)The Way We Fall - Megan Crewe - 2012 - deadly virus sweeps through a small Eastern Canadian island community
Life as We Knew It - Susan Beth Pfeffer - 2006 - catastrophe leads to a family quietly starving and freezing to death at home.