Alone Together: A Curious Exploration of Loneliness
(eBook)

This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers explores loneliness and the lessons we can learn about connection even when we're alone. Is one the loneliest number? The world is facing an epidemic of loneliness. The COVID-19 pandemic taught us new words, like isolation, quarantine and social distancing. In places like the UK and Japan, governments have appointed ministers of loneliness to examine the problem and find ways to help their citizens. What does it mean to be lonely, and what can we do about it? "Alone Together" explores what superheroes can teach us about being alone, the ways kids have survived on their own and how activists in the civil rights movement took a stand against loneliness. Discover what comfort foods, sweatpants and being kind to each other have to do with loneliness. Based on the podcast of the same name. Readers will learn about loneliness and how being alone can ultimately bring us closer together. Key Selling Points - This book explores loneliness and the lessons we can learn about how it can bring people together. - Loneliness is a global phenomenon that affects people young and old. In the UK (2019) and Japan (2020) governments appointed ministers of loneliness to tackle the problem in their respective countries. - The COVID-19 pandemic school closures, lockdowns and social-distancing rules took a toll on youth mental health and put their loneliness and isolation in the spotlight.