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Alone

Megan E. Freeman

20211 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2021
first published
  • 2021Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9781534467583
  • 2021Aladdin · 404 pages · ENGISBN 9781534467569
  • 2021Bound to Stay Bound Books · 404 pages · ENGISBN 9798855043792
  • 2022Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing · ENGISBN 9781536478006
  • 2022Aladdin · 416 pages · ENGISBN 9781534467576
  • 2023Cengage Gale · ENGISBN 9798885788984
  • 2021Simon and Schuster
  • 2021Simon & Schuster Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pagesISBN 9781797130545

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. She escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals as the months' pass. 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?

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