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Synopsis
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. She escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals as the months' pass. 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?
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Is Alone appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A middle-grade survival story about a girl who wakes to find her town mysteriously evacuated. Contains mild peril from natural disasters and wild animals, plus themes of isolation and loneliness that may be intense for sensitive readers.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include abandonment, isolation, and animal encounters (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
An adventurous story about a resourceful girl who must survive alone with only her dog and her wits when everyone else mysteriously vanishes.