![]() 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. She writes middle grade and young adult fiction, and her debut middle-grade novel, ALONE, won the Colorado Book Award, the High Plains Book Award, is an NCTE Notable Verse Novel and a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, and is included on over a dozen 'best of' and state reading lists. ![]() ![]() 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. Description 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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