Megan E. Freeman schreef met Alleen een meeslepend overlevingsverhaal over een twaalfjarig meisje dat in haar eentje moet zien te overleven. Het boek bestormde in de VS allerlei bestsellerlijsten. Alleen is een ware pageturner, waarin de auteur de lezer laat nadenken over de kracht van verbeelding en hoe verhalen in moeilijke tijden houvast kunnen bieden. Door de versvorm is dit boek ook geschikt voor moeilijke lezers.De twaalfjarige Maddie verheugt zich op een slaapfeestje met haa...

„Kapaszkodom a gondolatba…hogy a szüleim túlélték az evakuálást.…hogy egészségesek és biztonságban vannak.…hogy mostanra már tudniuk kell, hogy itt maradtam.…hogy nem nyugszanak, míg újra együtt nem leszünk.…hogy megmentenek.…hogy igenis jól végződik ez az egész."A tizenkét éves Maddie azt tervezi, hogy a nagyszülei üresen álló házában alszik két legjobb barátnőjével, de a kalandos terv rémálomba fordul. A várost egy titokzatos vészhelyzet ...

Maddie solo quería una pijamada secreta con sus mejores amigas. Pero, al despertar a la mañana siguiente, descubre que la ciudad entera ha sido abandonada. Sin electricidad. Sin teléfono. Sin internet. Sin nadie. Solo queda Maddie y un rottweiler llamado George. Y la inquietante pregunta de qué está pasando. A medida que los días se convierten en semanas, y las semanas en meses, Maddie tendrá que valerse por sí misma y aceptar que su supervivencia solo está en sus manos. Por ello, deberá a...

A New York Times bestseller!Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this “riveting, immersive” (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade debut novel in verse from a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet tells the story of a young girl who wakes up one day to find herself utterly alone in her small Colorado town.When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up wa...

Megan E. Freeman's poetry is as fresh and honest as a three year old's laughter at first discovering her reflection in a pool of water. While easily accessible, her elegant writing is complexly layered with hard-won common sense and clarity.

A New York Times bestseller!A group of children investigate the threat that prompted large-scale evacuations in this “solid and engrossing” (Booklist) companion novel to the New York Times bestselling Alone told in multiple POVs.After an imminent yet unnamed danger forces people across Colorado to leave their homes, a group of kids including an aspiring filmmaker and a budding journalist find themselves i...

After the fires are out, the smoke has cleared, the divorce is over, the widow has stopped wearing black, the sun has risen, the monsters are dead, the world is saved (or destroyed!), the storm has calmed, and the trouble is over……what do you do next?Find out in the first anthology of work by the Pikes Peak Writers. From mystery to romance and science fiction—from heartfelt essays to poetry that moves the soul.We can’t promise only happy endings. Just that moment wh...

Two starred reviews!A neglected teen travels to Norway for a fresh start in this “lush…aching” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) coming-of-age novel in verse about longing, love, and the courage to create joy from the ashes of despair by award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Megan E. Freeman.

A dark and spectacular contemporary fantasy, packed with adventure - think Beautiful Creatures meets X-Men.Emily Emerson has the Grimm. A disease nobody wants.Removed to a facility, she becomes property of the state, a pale shadowof her former self. Here she meets a boy, Emir, who tells her she’s not sick – she’s just different.Only by dreaming, he says, can they break out of the world that’s keeping them imprisoned....

Two cousins, one accustomed to living outside civilization and one fleeing the dangers of it, learn to move forward together in this taut and compelling novel in verse that’s a standalone companion to the New York Times bestselling Alone and Away.River, a budding eleven-year-old nature artist, gains a new viewpoint in life when his estranged cousin, Emma, and her mother come to his off-the-grid mountain compound to escape from a problemat...

Combining essential information, professional insights, and lived experiences, this book offers a unique overview of the use of music therapy with active-duty service members, veterans, and other military-connected populations in the United States. Contributors include music therapists specializing with the military, as well as military personnel, veterans, and their families, providing an in-depth review of the impact that music therapy can have within this community.Detailing the...

This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish together? How does supporting educator wellbeing connect to teaching, learning, leading in schools? What characteristics, qualities and strategies support the wellbeing of the whole school commun...