Not Alone
by FREDERIC MARTIN
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Pub Date 31 Jan 2020 | Archive Date 2 Jan 2020
NthSense Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
If you are seeking a break from dystopian or high fantasy sci-fi, this may be just what you are looking for. Exploring the genesis of the teen opioid epidemic, but with a hard science-fiction twist, Not Alone is a YA sci-fi thriller set in down-to-earth rural Vermont in 2011. From the cover:
"For four and a half years, all Blue has been looking for is a normal life after losing her family in a suspicious fire. But what is normal for a fourteen-year-old that can hear what no one else can? And what should she do when she hears something that presents a tantalizing opportunity to avenge her family? With an unexpected new friend and ally, she comes up with a slam-dunk plan. All she has to do is risk everything, including both of their lives."
A Note From the Publisher
978-1-7340240-1-2 (ebook)
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781734024005 |
| PRICE | US$10.99 (USD) |
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Featured Reviews
Carolina H, Reviewer
Not Alone by Frederic Martin, 300 pages.
NthSense Books, 2020. $11.
Language: R (152 swears, 9 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG13
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
On her way to yet another foster home, 14-year-old Blue doesn’t hold much hope that this one will be any better. She always finds some way to mess everything up -- but then she starts to make friends. Battling with herself, Blue fights against the hope growing inside her because she knows that her world will fall apart again. And she was right.
The first half of the book is set up, and it reads pretty slow and occasionally choppy. However, the second half of the book is a blur of flipping pages. I loved changing perspectives to see how everyone was putting pieces together to find the antagonist, and I found the character Martin wrote to make the villain to be oddly fascinating -- especially since the villain is smart and can’t be foiled by an unrealistic, accidentally forgotten clue that leads to an easy downfall. I look forward to the sequels promised as Blue, her friend Will, and the villain continue to cross paths. The mature content rating is for drug dealing, drug overdose, and mentions of rape; the violence rating is for domestic abuse, kidnapping, gun violence, and murder.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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