Episode 62: "Alone" by: Megan E. Freeman
10/08/24 • 10 min
Hey there teachers, in the classroom and those at home, need someone to help you get the kids into reading?
Join me in this week's episode while I read aloud the first 20 pages of "Alone" by: Megan E. Freeman.
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. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned.
With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. 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.
As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. But Maddie's most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day. Can Maddie's stubborn will to survive carry her through the most frightening experience of her life?
If you enjoyed this first chapter please screenshot today's episode and share it on your IG stories and tag me @booktastingspodcast.
Want to keep reading?? Here is a click to buy the book: Alone.
Loved this book and interested in seeing what else these authors have written be sure to check out Megan E. Freeman.
Enjoy,
Anne
Hey there teachers, in the classroom and those at home, need someone to help you get the kids into reading?
Join me in this week's episode while I read aloud the first 20 pages of "Alone" by: Megan E. Freeman.
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. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned.
With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. 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.
As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. But Maddie's most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day. Can Maddie's stubborn will to survive carry her through the most frightening experience of her life?
If you enjoyed this first chapter please screenshot today's episode and share it on your IG stories and tag me @booktastingspodcast.
Want to keep reading?? Here is a click to buy the book: Alone.
Loved this book and interested in seeing what else these authors have written be sure to check out Megan E. Freeman.
Enjoy,
Anne
Previous Episode
Episode 61: "Walkin' the Dog" by: Chris Lynch
Hey there teachers, in the classroom and those at home, need someone to help you get the kids into reading?
Join me in this week's episode while I read aloud the first chapter of "Walkin' the Dog" by: Chis Lynch.
In a family of strong personalities with very strong points of view, Louis is what his mother lovingly calls "the inactivist," someone who'd rather kick back than stand out. He only hopes he can stay under the radar when he starts high school in the fall, his first experience with public school after years of homeschooling.
But when a favor for a neighbor and his stinky canine companion unexpectedly turns into a bustling dog-walking business, Louis finds himself meeting an unprecedented number of new friends--both human and canine. Agatha, a quippy and cagey girl his age always seems to be telling two truths and a lie. Cyrus, a few years his senior, promises he's going to show Louis how to be a better person, whether Louis wants him to or not. And then there are the dogs: misbehaving border terriers, the four (possible stolen) sausage dogs, the rest of Louis's charges, and a mysterious white beast who appears at a certain spot at the edge of the woods.
Dogs and human alike all seem to have something they want to teach Louis, including his menacing older brother who keeps turning up everywhere. But is Louis ready to learn the lesson he needs most: how to stop being a lone wolf and be part of a pack?
If you enjoyed this first chapter please screenshot today's episode and share it on your IG stories and tag me @booktastingspodcast.
Want to keep reading?? Here is a click to buy the book: Walkin' the Dog.
Loved this book and interested in seeing what else these authors have written be sure to check out Chris Lynch
Enjoy,
Anne
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