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Megan E. Freeman

Megan E. Freeman

New York Times bestselling author of the ALONE verse novel series (ALONE, AWAY) and YA debut The Secret to Belonging, published by Simon & Schuster.

Sep 14, 2026

18:04
I, you know,
18:07
It's it is really it is about going to a foreign I say foreign in quotes because that that depends on where you're standing and what you're looking at.
18:15
Right.
18:15
But it is about going to a foreign country, being a foreigner in a new place and that vulnerability and that that newness, which I think is the same whether you're.
18:26
A rising sixth grader stepping onto a middle school campus for the very first time or whether you're a high school senior stepping into a new country for the very first time.
18:35
Right.
18:36
That feeling of who am I in this context? Where am I safe? Who can I trust? What is this thing I don't understand? The barrier of language and and all the languages, right.

7 MINS LATER

25:38
Give us a sneak peek, please, of that third book that's coming.

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