At the beginning of the story, a young girl wakes up in her room, filled with bright sunlight, dreams and good memories. On her table, she sees a calendar with red circles around almost all days, meaning that there are just a few days left until Halloween. The girl has been waiting for this holiday since the beginning of the month. She is dreaming of wearing her new Halloween costume, going trick-a-treating and having fun Suddenly, she hears a strange noise from downstairs. When she comes downstairs to check what makes that noise, she finds her family packing for evacuation. The girl also finds out that Hurricane Sandy is approaching their seaside community. What happens next and how the hurricane changes the girls life and her community, you can find out by reading this book. The author created We Are Not Alone based on her family’s experience during Hurricane Sandy. Right after the disaster struck her neighborhood, the girl wrote down notes in her diary and used them later for writing this story. Full of original illustrations and heart-touching details, this book reveals true feelings of people who were impacted by the hurricane. The author says, I found it important to tell the story of suffering, hope and spirit of my neighbors in words and pictures. So the book is dedicated to anyone affected by Sandy and those who came to help. The central idea of the book is the importance of being together, supporting each other in good and bad times, helping people deal with their emotions and letting them know that they are not alone.
