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2) Blackout
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.
3) Blackout
Author
Language
English
Description
"Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of charming, hilarious, and heartwarming stories that shine a bright light through the dark"--
As a summer heatwave blankets New York City, the light go out. The city is thrown into confusion-- and a different kind of electricity sparks. People reveal hidden truths. Love blossoms, friendship transforms,...
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English
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"Sparks fly when sixteen-year-old Lucy Patterson and seventeen-year-old Owen Buckley meet on an elevator rendered useless by a New York City blackout. Soon after, the two teenagers leave the city, but as they travel farther away from each other geographically, they stay connected emotionally, in this story set over the course of one year"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Entertainment
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When the power goes out, it sparks an idea for Dot, Hal, Mom, and Dad. But stepping away from gadgets and devices isn't as easy as it seems. No video games, no laptaps or tablet, no drone. A trip to the basement turns up some interesting materials, none of which require electricity, software, or Internet access. What Dot and her family will need to plug into are their imaginations, creativity, and sense of adventure. They sing, play games, make art,...
Author
Series
Galaxy Zack volume 16
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Zack loves everything about his new planet, Nebulon. There's Ira, his Indoor Robotic Assistant, who makes him delicious food every day. There's Zack's hyperphone for playing games with friends. Even his desk at school is pretty grape. But Zack wakes up one morning to discover that everything awesome about his new planet is out of order. Nebulon has fallen into a complete cosmic blackout. Without power, how will Zack and his friends ever get through...
Author
Publisher
The Secret Mountain
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Xiaomi will never forget the magical sounds she heard one hot summer evening when the power went out in her family's apartment building. It happened at day's end while her parents were preparing dinner. Her father lit candles while suggesting they take out their musical instruments and descend to the yard to perform for their neighbors. He played the ehru and her mother the accordion while she danced. The songs made their way into each home, and...
Author
Series
Rule of three trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A global blackout forces teenager Adam Daley and his neighbors to turn their community into a fortress, defending against countless enemies, but a new danger threatens to destroy them all.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The blackout has been going on for three weeks. But Alex feels like she's been living in the dark for a year, ever since her brother, who has autism, was removed from the house, something Alex blames herself for. So when her best friend, Anthony, asks her to trek to another town to figure out the truth about the blackout, Alex says yes. On a journey that ultimately takes all day and night, Alex's relationships with Anthony, her brother, and herself...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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When the electricity goes out, twelve-year-old Eddie and his friends set out to investigate what is going on when they make the startling discovery that they are the only ones left in their neighborhood--and perhaps the only people left anywhere.
12) The big dark
Author
Publisher
The Blue Sky Press, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
When something knocks out everything electrical at midnight on New Year's Eve, the world is plunged into chaos, including the town of Harmony, New Hampshire, where Webster Bragg, a vicious survivalist, sees an opportunity to dominate his fellow citizens--but as the town struggles to maintain order and civilization, young Charlie Cobb sets out on a dangerous journey through the snow to find medicine for his diabetic mother.
13) 96 miles
Author
Publisher
Starscape, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Lockwood brothers are supposed to be able to survive anything. Their dad, a hardcore believer in self-reliance, has stockpiled enough food and water at their isolated Nevada home to last for months. But when they are robbed of all their supplies during a massive blackout while their dad is out of town, John and Stew must walk 96 miles in the stark desert sun to get help. Along the way, they're forced to question their dad's insistence on self-reliance...
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"As an autistic scholarship student at the prestigious Webber Academy in New York City, Waverly is used to masking to fit in-in more ways than one. While her classmates are the children of the one percent, Waverly is getting by on tutoring gigs and the generosity of the school's charming and enigmatic dean. So when her tutoring student and resident "it girl" asks Waverly to attend the school's annual fundraising Masquerade disguised as her, Waverly...
Author
Series
Rule of three trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"A teen's suburban neighborhood bands together for its own survival in a world stricken by a catastrophic blackout"--
Publisher
Montena
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Una sofocante ola de calor deja a la ciudad de Nueva York sumida en un apag̤n, pero en medio de la noche m̀s c̀lida y oscura, otro tipo de chispas brillar̀n en la ciudad. Un primer encuentro. Amigos de toda la vida. Ex amargados. Y quiz̀... el inicio de algo nuevo. Cuando las luces se apagan, los sentimientos m̀s profundos salen a la luz: el amor florece, la amistad se transforma en algo nuevo y todas las posibilidades tienen una oportunidad...
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