02231cam a2200325 4500 759682510 TxAuBib 20210126120000.0 201214s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020946086 9781534467569 hbk. $17.99 1534467564 hbk. $17.99 (OCoLC)1228486773 NZLEP eng rda NZLEP UPZ OCLCO UAP OCLCO TCH TxGR TxAuBib Freeman, Megan E., author. Alone [Book] / Megan E. Freeman. First Aladdin hardcover edition. New York, NY : Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2021. 404 pages ; 22 cm. Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. 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. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. 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 only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. 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. As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. But Maddie's most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day. Can Maddie's stubborn will to survive carry her through the most frightening experience of her life? 20210126. Sleepovers Fiction. Best friends Fiction. Extinct cities Fiction. Survival Fiction. Loneliness Fiction. Abandoned cities Fiction. Novels in verse. RV8