Overall, it is still a book I enjoyed reading! While the end was emotional and heart-breaking, I feel unsatiated and need more to chew on. How was she left alone? What was the political conspiracy that led to the abandonment of phones and homes? What happened to her parents? Who were the looters? There was so much potential to explore further into this world. The lack of a plot tension left me with so many unanswered questions. She is alone and we get to read about how alone she is in beautiful albeit same poetic ways.

However, there was no build up to a 'conflict', there was as the character says herself no saving grace or plot development like the one we are accustomed to seeing in fiction.the character was truly alone and thats it. As a reader we truly feel how alone the character is, feel the changing of seasons with her, her need for survival and her lone adventures.

Alone starts so strong with it’s dystopian descriptions. One poem continues itself into another, building a detailed world of intrigue. Imagine a story being told in free verse. Though, this is the most unique book I've read in the post apocalyptic genre. Is it a 3 stars read or a 4? I am sad that it wasn't a 5 stars read because the way it introduced itself in the first few chapters, I was confident this was going to be one of the best books I've read this year, but alas that didn't happen.

She used to live in northeast Los Angeles, central Ohio, northern Norway, and on Caribbean cruise ships. She is an Impact on Education Award winner, a fellow with the Colorado State University Writing Project, a Fund for Teachers fellow, and a member of the Colorado Poets Center. Megan is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Northern Colorado Writers, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Columbine Poets of Colorado, and Lighthouse Writers Workshop. She studied theater and dramatic literature for many years, earning degrees from Occidental College and the Ohio State University. Megan is also a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, and her poetry chapbook, Lessons on Sleeping Alone, was published by Liquid Light Press.Īn award-winning teacher with decades of classroom experience, Megan taught multiple subjects across the arts and humanities to students K-16, and she is nationally recognized for presenting workshops and speaking to audiences across the country. Her debut middle grade novel, ALONE, won the Colorado Book Award, is an NCTE Notable Novel in Verse, a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, and was included on over a dozen Best Of and state reading lists. Freeman attended an elementary school where poets visited her classroom every week to teach poetry, and she has been a writer ever since.

Alone by megan freeman