A01=Megan E. Freeman
Author_Megan E. Freeman
books for ten eleven twelve thirteen year olds 5th 6th 7th 8th graders
Category=YFC
Category=YFE
Category=YFV
Colorado
conspiracy
corruption
drought
environmental crisis
environmental threat
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evacuation camp
expose
fraud
friendship
Hatchet
investigation
multi POV format
New Mexico
novel in verse
poetry
screenwriting
sequel to Alone
survival
teamwork
young activists
Product details
- ISBN 9781665959735
- Weight: 345g
- Dimensions: 130 x 194mm
- Publication Date: 26 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 in the same evacuation camp. As they cope with the aftermath of having their world upended, they grow curious about the mysterious threat.
And as they begin to investigate, they start to discover that there’s less truth and more cover-up to what they’re being told. Can they get to the root of the conspiracy, expose the bad actors, and bring an end to the upheaval before it’s too late?
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 in the same evacuation camp. As they cope with the aftermath of having their world upended, they grow curious about the mysterious threat.
And as they begin to investigate, they start to discover that there’s less truth and more cover-up to what they’re being told. Can they get to the root of the conspiracy, expose the bad actors, and bring an end to the upheaval before it’s too late?
Megan E. Freeman attended an elementary school where poets visited her classroom every week, and she has been a writer ever since. She writes middle grade and young adult fiction. Megan is also a Pushcart Prize–nominated poet. An award-winning teacher with decades of classroom experience, Megan taught multiple subjects across the arts and humanities to students of all ages. She divides her time between northern Colorado and the Texas Gulf Coast. Visit her online at MeganEFreeman.com.
