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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Wow. Read in one day. Wished there was more to the ending and it was definitely brutal to read at times (animal lovers proceed with caution), but very honest, engrossing, and well written. I also very much appreciate that this book is sort of the genre-bending, written in verse and with a protagonist that ages and therefore doesn’t neatly fit middle grade or YA. It’s somewhere in between and I think books like this are very much needed.
dark
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really wish I had known not to read the poem about the kitten as I almost sobbed in my classroom in front of my students during silent reading today, but other than that the book was really good.
This book should be the new must read for middle school students. Many elements for extensive classroom discussion. It's the new survival book and it's written in verse.
Outstanding!
Outstanding!
adventurous
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Novels in verse are quickly becoming a favorite for quick reads that pack a punch. Alone tells the story of a girl left behind when her entire community is evacuated in the middle of the night. A perfect blend of adventure, danger, and raw survival, this book kept me turning the pages even though it is written for an audience much younger than I.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book was so intense! The author nailed what it would be like to be a teenager left behind and having to survive in a world all by herself. The loneliness and the ability to think though so many moments- from natural disasters to food supplies- made me realize that I don’t have the skill set if I was left all alone. I can’t give it a 5 because I can’t think of a young reader I could give it to without causing anxiety or stress.
Wow. What a book. I could not put this down, so those 400 pages were like nothing! It’s a very immersive story with such an interesting premise for a middle grade book - a girl stuck all alone after an evacuation - that’s quite new to me. Especially with all the things she has to conquer - dogs, looters, fires, floods and her period. This isn’t a Hunger Games type deal, this felt real, which is really what went home for me. Maddie felt not like this “final girl-esque” character who is destined to win; she felt like a real person in a really bad situation that I couldn’t see ever being resolved.
Although I really wished I knew more about why the town was evacuated, but I get it. Maddie is young and moreover, it didn’t detract from the beauty of the words of Maddie’s thoughts on her situation and being isolated and the world that was crafted in the book around her.
Although I really wished I knew more about why the town was evacuated, but I get it. Maddie is young and moreover, it didn’t detract from the beauty of the words of Maddie’s thoughts on her situation and being isolated and the world that was crafted in the book around her.