In less than twelve hours, the entire town was evacuated due to an 'imminent threat.' Maddie doesn't pay attention to the news, so she doesn't really understand what's happened.

Second problem is that her cell phone runs out of batter, so upon waking, Maddie plugs it in and discovers something terrible happened overnight. Eventually falling asleep, she wakes to a new world. First problem-one friend gets sick, so the other friend can't get away because her parents won't let her stay with a sick friend. Her two friends say they're sleeping at each others' houses. Maddie's parents are divorced, so she tells each that she's at the other parent's house.

Can Maddie’s stubborn will to survive carry her through the most frightening experience of her life? Read moreĪlone is a 2022 Lone Star selection.Maddie devises a plan for her and her friends to spend the night in her empty grandparents' apartment, eating and watching TV without parents. But Maddie’s most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day. 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.Īs months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. 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. But Maddie's most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day.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. 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.

She's alone-left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. 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.

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