SOLVED. YA Science Fiction - Older people start to die or commit suicide. Only youngsters are left who start to gather in gangs to face new reality. [s]

[Pirkusha]

I read the novel some time from 1991 to 1995.
Unfortunately I don't remember anything else.

[Mai]

This one I found searching online might be too old (1964) but it fits the general description of the plot!
Only Lovers Left Alive by Dave Wallis.

From the description it seems a little too sexual to be a YA novel but just in case!

[Asia | Adventures with Asia Minor]

By "older," what do you mean?

Like age 65+, 45+, or 15+?

The only thing I'm thinking of right now is Gone, but I think that's way too new (I can't remember when it was published — I never read it).

[[deleted user]]

The Girl Who Owned a City -by O.T. Nelson ??? The Girl Who Owned a City
Published in 1995
Main characters: Lisa and her brother, Todd.
Everyone over the age of twelve has died and kids are forced to create a "city," while opposing gangs from other towns attack their city for resources to survive.
Hope this helps!

[Rainbowheart]

The Vanishing?

It was pubbed in '98, though.

[Pirkusha]

Mai wrote: "This one I found searching online might be too old (1964) but it fits the general description of the plot!
Only Lovers Left Alive by Dave Wallis.

From the descriptio..."

Great! Thank you so much! This is the book. I was looking for it for months without any success. Much appreciated.

[Pirkusha]

Julia wrote: "The Girl Who Owned a City -by O.T. Nelson ??? The Girl Who Owned a City
Published in 1995
Main characters: Lisa and her brother, Todd.
Everyone over the age of twelve has died and kid..."

Thank you! it's Only Lovers Left Alive by Dave Wallis as Mai mentioned earlier, but I will check this book too.

[Pirkusha]

Solved!
The novel I was so far unsuccessfully looking for is Only Lovers Left Alive by Dave Wallis.
Kudos to Mai