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"Freeman’s middle-grade debut starts with a wallop and carries on from there.sweeping down spare pages in thin lines of verse in this Hatchet for a new age. " The novel is gripping and the plot fast-paced.This is a tense, engrossing survival story on par with classics such as Hatchet." - Booklist

"This exciting story of tenacity, determination, and ingenuity is hard to put down, and thank heavens nothing happens to the dog." - NPR Can Maddie’s stubborn will to survive carry her through the most frightening experience of her life? 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. 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, 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. But Maddie’s most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day.Winner of the Colorado Book Award, the High Plains Book Award, an NCTE Notable Verse Novel, a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, and named on multiple Best of 2021 book lists, ALONE is a " Hatchet for a new age." 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.