Friday, October 18, 2024
Alone, by Megan E. Freeman
Each Friday that school is in session, I share the link to a read-aloud preview of a book from SRCSA library. The “First-chapter Friday” selection for Oct. 18, 2024 is Alone, by Megan E. Freeman.
When 12-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. Alone was the winner, in 2024, of the California Young Reader Medal, in its Middle School/Junior High category.
https://youtu.be/XjEw3IJZVDY
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