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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.