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1) Blackout
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
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.
2) Unplugged
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Blip is always plugged into her computer--until one day a blackout forces her outdoors, and she discovers that the real world is a lot more interesting then she realized.
3) 96 miles
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
During a massive blackout in rural Nevada, two brothers struggle to survive without their self-reliance-obsessed dad and without enough water cross the desert for help.
Author
Series
My weirder school volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"El Sr. Santana, el técnico de la Escuela Prima Aria, puede arreglar cualquier cosa: computadoras, teléfonos, sacapuntas. Y además puede construir lo que sea, hasta un paraguas de energía solar. ¡Qué friki! Pero cuando se va la electricidad en la escuela, todos gritan y chillan y se asustan en la oscuridad como locos. ¿Podrá el Sr. Santana sacarlos del apuro?"--
When the power goes out in the school, everyone panics in the dark, and only...
5) The big dark
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Appears on list
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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.
7) Zap!
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-olds Luis and Maura investigate the cause of a long-term, city-wide power outage in Hampton, New Jersey. Includes facts about electric power and instructions for assembling an emergency kit.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Judy and Stink and the whole Moody family hunker down with beans and batteries, ready to wait out the storm. But along with massive rain and strong winds, Hurricane Elmer throws down ghosts, squirrels, and aliens. Spooky! Just when things couldn't possibly get any freakier - flicker, flicker, gulp! - the lights go O-U-T out. The Moodys are smack-dab in the middle of a big bad blackout! Grandma Lou proposes musical board games and some good old-fashioned...
Author
Series
Choose your consequence volume 5
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Electricity. Such a simple thing. Plug in, switch on. Reliable and trustworthy. Until it isn't. Ethan and Emily never really thought much about electricity -- who did? -- until the power went out. Then they thought about it a lot. Every day. Every minute. It turned out that not having power available was a lot more than having their phones die or not being able to get onto the Internet. Nothing worked, not for long. With Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle across...
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