![]() I asked them to imagine what it would be like for them to come home after school to find everyone in the entire town gone. The greater challenge was being all alone for so long. I pointed out that the island was her home, and she was already comfortable there. ![]() We read Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell, and the girls were fascinated by how the main character, Karana, could survive alone on an island for eighteen years. The idea first came to me in a mother-daughter book club meeting when my daughter and her friends were in fifth grade. I think they’re marvelous people and I can’t imagine a more wonderful readership.Ĭongrats on your debut middle grade book, Alone! Tell us about the book and what inspired it.Īlone tells the story of a twelve-year-old girl who is left behind and has to survive on her own when her Colorado town is evacuated and abandoned. As an adult, I spent much of my professional career as an educator, so I was always around children. I loved reading and making books for the Young Authors’ Festival every year, and I think that’s where the idea of becoming a writer began. I went to a wonderful elementary school and we did a lot of creative writing. I live and write in northern Colorado now, but I grew up in the northeast corner of Los Angeles, in a little area called Eagle Rock. Tell us about yourself and how you came to write for children. ![]() Freeman and her debut MG verse novel, ALONE (Aladdin, Jan. ![]() ![]() We are pleased to feature author Megan E. ![]()
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