When a girl is found viciously murdered in the Rockdale High School gym, rumors circulate the small town that a teenage werewolf is the killer. The resulting confusion and panic drive a wedge between the students and their parents, who wish to curb their childrens' freedoms in the name of safety.

As a pandemic sweeps across the nation, a grandmother and her family ration space and food as best they can, until the grandmother makes a discovery that could extend their food stores and repair her broken relationship with her granddaughter.