Megan E. Freeman

A teenage girl is overlooked at home, and her college fund has gone to pay for her brother's rehab. She wins a scholarship to spend a year as an exchange student in Norway, hoping for a fresh start and a place where she belongs.

When a mysterious government-declared threat forces Colorado residents out of their homes, four young people meet at an evacuation camp. They begin investigating what really happened and why they cannot go home.

Twelve-year-old Maddie wakes to find her Colorado town evacuated and herself left behind. With only a dog named George for company, she must survive on her own through disasters, looters, and deep loneliness.