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Loading... Aloneby Megan E. Freeman
  
No current Talk conversations about this book.  bsuttles | Nov 24, 2024 |   https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/11/im-horrified-after-revisiting-my-favor... (Of course there should also be books about Native peoples written by Natives in the curriculum. See [a:Debbie Reese|19253495|Debbie Reese|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1560282871p2/19253495.jpg]'s work, including her bookshelf here on GR, for recommendations.) Anyway, this story does apparently have some diversity - our girl apparently is African-American, given her hair. So there's that. But most of all are the contemplation and/or discussion prompts. For example: "It's not that I don't grieve the loss of my family or feel the acute emptiness of being so alone. It's just that my grief and loneliness are no longer burdened by hope that things will change." Oh, and btw, the poetry is def. more poetical than many novels-in-verse. It's not just prose chopped into lines, not at all. (  ) Cheryl_in_CC_NV | Oct 18, 2024 | Most of you know that I rarely read books in verse, but this one was quite good. I felt that I was able to get to know the characters and the MC's hopes and fears. It also made the time pass a bit faster, as this book is over a time frame of four years. I would like to note that I would only recommend this for older middle-grade readers due to the language and the nature of the story. All in all, I would highly recommend this to readers looking for a survival story full of action or for fans of Island of the Blue Dolphins. Rating: 4/5 Romance: n/a Language: d***, b****, a** Spiritual: character questioning Violence: natural disasters, a kitten was killed *I received a copy of this book from Books Forward. All thoughts are my own and a positive review was not required. ( ) libraryofemma | Apr 18, 2024 | Awards - Colorado Book Award, the High Plains Book Award, the Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont children's book awards, aedrawdy | Dec 7, 2023 | lekrogel13 | Nov 22, 2023 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: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. 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. As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. 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? No library descriptions found. |
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