It’s a book you can’t wait to get to the end of, but at the same time you want the story to go on. Maddie’s determination and common sense help keep the story real and totally believable, and that is both frightening and hopeful. This book is an edge-of-your-seat read and it was hard not to skip ahead to see how it ends, but it is so worth it. The story spans three years as Maddie survives illness, winters, storms, looters, loneliness and despair with only George, her neighbor’s Rottweiler dog, for company. Overnight Millerville, Colorado is evacuated due to some ‘imminent danger.’ The town has some sort of issue as there are checkpoints that her mother mentions when she and her husband leave Maddie with her younger stepbrothers one night.īut in a matter of hours Maddie’s life changes and she finds herself all alone in her hometown. Plans fall apart and Maddie is all alone, she lies to her parents about where she is, thinking they won’t find out. What did you like about the book? Twelve year-old Maddie plans a secret sleepover with her two best friends at her grandparent’s empty apartment. Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 But Maddie’s most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day.Alone by Megan E.

As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. After a rough start, Maddie learns to trust her own ingenuity and invents clever ways to survive in a place that has been deserted and forgotten.

Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prizenominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. Megan is also a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, and her poetry chapbook, Lessons on Sleeping Alone, was published by Liquid Light Press. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. Her debut middle grade novel, ALONE, won the Colorado Book Award, is an NCTE Notable Novel in Verse, a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, and was included on over a dozen Best Of and state reading lists.

She’s alone–left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare.

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