Where We Are, Alison McGhee
Where We Are, Alison McGhee
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Where We Are

Author: Alison McGhee

Narrator: Imani Jade Powers, Shaun Taylor-Corbett

Unabridged: 6 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2020


Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author Alison McGhee comes a stunning and heartbreaking story of two teens who fight to reunite when one of them is caught in the web of a sinister cult.

Micah and Sesame are true best friends. They safeguard each other’s secrets and entwine their dreams. Micah wants to save his parents from the cult leader who calls himself “the Prophet.” Sesame recently lost the last of her own family—her grandmother—and, to avoid foster care, plans to keep a low profile until she turns eighteen. Together, they never doubt they can build the futures they want.

Until Micah disappears. The Prophet has taken Micah, his parents, and the rest of his followers underground. And trying to take on the Prophet in isolation, surrounded by his followers, proves to be a dangerous mistake that leaves Micah at the Prophet’s mercy and losing all hope.

Sesame, left alone, is wracked with fear over what could be happening to Micah. Never before have the two of them been so far apart—or needed each other more. But their faith in each other never wavers, and that might just be enough to save them both.

About Alison McGhee

Alison McGhee is the New York Times bestselling author of Someday, as well as Dear SisterWhat I Leave Behind, Pablo and BirdyWhere We AreMaybe a Fox with Kathi Appelt, Firefly HollowLittle BoySo Many DaysStar BrightA Very Brave WitchDear Brother, and the Bink and Gollie books. Her other children’s books include All Rivers Flow to the SeaCountdown to Kindergarten, and Snap!. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Laguna Beach, California. You can visit her at AlisonMcGhee.com.


Reviews

I must say that - considering how this is a story about a cult - this book was quite boring and uneventful. My main complaint is the lack of depth or characterization of the cult. Micah is "kidnapped" with his parents (who are complying "volountarily") by the prophet and brought to the South Compound......more

4.5 stars The fact that the same writer crafted this AND Bink and Gollie (and many many others) says some amazing things about Alison McGhee. This is definitely an older teen read (language warning!) but it is an incredible tale of how love and reaching out and asking for help can keep us all going.......more

Goodreads review by Beth

Wish this was more about HOW Micah’s parents got drawn into the cult. Micah was portrayed as a smart observant kid-but to go along with the cult seemed very out if character and hard to believe. I thought the constant references to places in Minneapolis was iff putting as it only means something to fo......more

Goodreads review by Steph

Went into this expecting a middle grade story, and instead found myself reading an intense young adult novel - a difficult and flawed and beautiful journey. “I mean, forbid someone to do what they love most to do? That’s when all the sirens in the world should go off at once.” Warm. Winter. Snow. You. Re......more