Virals by Kathy Reichs

Virals - Great new series aimed at the youth.  Tory Brennan is "Bones's" Dr. Temperance Brennan's niece.  14 years-old, she just lost her mother and discovered her father, Christopher "Kit" Howard.  She now lives with Kit on Morris Island, near Charleston, SC.  Because Kit works for Charleston University on Loggerhead Island, Tory attends Bolton Prep.  Because she, and the other CU prodigy, are scholarship attendees, they are looked down on by the other students, especially because they are also the smartest kids in the school.  Therefore, Tory, Hi , Ben, and Shelton have formed a small clique of their own.

In Virals, Tory and her friends rescue a sick puppy from the research facility on Loggerhead Island.  They also find a grave.  The puppy infects them with an unknown disease and they are being hunted by those who killed the person in the grave.