The Zoom link will be emailed to you 24 hours before the event. *This is a FREE teen event, but registration is required.

IMPORTANT TICKETING AND EVENT INFORMATION When Ashiva crosses paths with the brilliant hacker Riz-Ali, a privileged Uplander who finds himself embroiled in the Red Hand’s dangerous activities, they uncover a horrifying conspiracy that the government will do anything to bury. Ashiva works for the Red Hand, an underground network of revolutionaries fighting the government. Outside, the poor and forgotten scrape by with discarded black-market robotics, threatened by rising sea levels, unbreathable air, and deadly superbugs. Uplanders lead luxurious lives inside a climate-controlled biodome. The South Asian Province is split in two. Can Maddie’s stubborn will to survive carry her through the most frightening experience of her life? But Maddie’s most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day. As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. She’s alone-left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. Freeman & Olivia Chadha will speak about their books, Alone and Rise of the Red Hand, in this virtual event on Thursday, February 11th at 5:00pm MT on Zoom. This is a FREE teen event, but registration on Eventbrite is required. Our Weekend Plan (or, How I Got Myself into This Mess) Back When My Life Was Heaven and I Had No Idea

Chapter 5: This Is Not Adolescent Hyperbole.Can Maddie’s stubborn will to survive carry her through the most frightening experience of her life?. After a rough start, Maddie learns to trust her own ingenuity and invents clever ways to survive in a place that has been deserted and forgotten.Īs months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals.

Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing 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.

Books by megan e freeman