If you read ALONE by Megan E. Freeman, you will want to check out her newly released book AWAY. She listened to all her fans wanting to know what happened to the people who left the area in the evacuations that left Maddie behind, alone. Now you can read about those others and what happened to them.
An imminent threat warning pulls folks from their beds with a call to evacuate immediately. Four young people, Ashanti, Teddy, Grandin, and Harmony, pack bags as their families join the evacuees. They end up in a relocation camp who knows how many miles away from their Colorado homes.
Ashanti has dreams of becoming a doctor like her mother. Teddy lives with his theater loving grandmother who encourages his love of film and movies. Grandin's life has been centered on a ranch where he helps his father with the livestock. Harmony's mother is a preacher for a small congregation.
When they meet in the relocation camp, they discover they are all curious about the exact nature of the imminent danger threat that has gotten them here.
Harmony, with a goal to become a journalist, immediately starts keeping a notebook about the happenings around the camp. Teddy is ever attentive with his camera, filming this new group of friends and anything else of interest. Ashanti pays close attention to the folks who visit her mother for medical care, and Grandin plots his escape ever since his father snuck away from the compound.
The more the kids notice about their surroundings and the behavior of the adults in charge, the more they become suspicious. There seems to be evidence that their former homes have not been contaminated by a life-threatening substance, but who can they trust and how can they prove their theories?
AWAY is written in a combination of verse, news articles, and film scripts to give it a truly adventurous flair. If you've read ALONE, you'll definitely want to get ahold of a copy of this one soon.
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