Gail Shalan

"When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover, 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. As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. But Maddie's most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness...

"An endlessly endearing story of three girls' pursuit of friendship and the beauty and challenge of what it means to be 10." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Like Magic is truly a treasure." —Liz Garton Scanlon, author of The Great Good Summer

"Debut novelist Vickers has created three appealing, diverse characters with distinct talents and voices. A sweet story

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New York Times bestselling middle-grade thriller author Margaret Peterson Haddix returns to the Mysteries of Trash and Treasure series as Colin and Nevaeh unravel a mystery from the 1930s and explore the emotions associated with death and dying. Colin and Nevaeh are great at finding things. After all, they found each other and became best friends-even though their parents are business rivals. They also found hidden boxes of secret letters, which...