![]() 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. Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, Alone is a harrowing middle grade novel-in-verse from a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet that tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town. The novel is gripping and the plot fast-paced…This is a tense, engrossing survival story on par with classics such as Hatchet. Madeleine relates her own riveting, immersive story in believable detail, her increasingly sophisticated thoughts, as years pass, sweeping down spare pages in thin lines of verse in this Hatchet for a new age. Suspenseful, fast-paced, and brief enough to engage even reluctant readers. ![]() This exciting story of tenacity, determination, and ingenuity is hard to put down, and thank heavens nothing happens to the dog. Form / genre: middle grade verse novel survival story ![]()
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