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Alone
By Megan E. Freeman
New York, NY : Aladdin, 2021. Fiction.

After her plans fall through to have a sleepover with her best friends, Maddie ends up staying the night by herself at her Grandparent's apartment. She wakes up to find that everyone else in her small town is gone. She has been left behind during a mandatory evacuation and is now completely alone. Try as she might, there is no way to make contact with any of her loved ones and she is forced to learn how to survive on her own. Maddie is faced with all kinds of struggles including enduring the winter months, surviving natural disasters, hiding from looters, and  protecting herself from wild animals. With her only companion being a Rottweiler named George, Maddie battles with extreme loneliness as she waits for her family to come back for her. 

Those who enjoy a great survival story will love this novel in verse by Megan Freeman. From beginning to end, I was excited to find out what happened next and why Maddie's city had been evacuated. While some questions are still left unanswered at the end, this is a well-written novel with adventure and raw emotion, that is worth the read.
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