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- ISBN: 0545909325 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
- ISBN: 9780545909327 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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1 online resource (1 audio file (3hr., 51 min.)) : digital
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electronic - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [United States] : Scholastic : Made available through hoopla, 2016.
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| Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Michael Crouch. |
| Summary, etc.: | In this page-turning adventure by Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick, a solar event knocks out our planet's electricity, and a boy must risk his life to save his sick mother. What would you do if every spark of electricity suddenly vanished, as if somebody had flipped a switch on the entire planet? Cars won't start, the heat shuts off, there's no water in your faucet, and your radio, TV, and flashlight go dark. Everyone in Charlie's small town is baffled. But as time passes, lawlessness erupts and takes an ugly turn. When the market and pharmacy are torched by an anti-Semitic arsonist, Charlie realizes his mother will die without her medicine. So he dons skis and heads off alone, seeking the nearest hospital. After traveling fifty miles through brutal ice and snow, Charlie encounters a burned-out, looted city of terrified citizens. Will he be able to save his mom? Heroic, eloquent, and unforgettable, The Big Dark raises timely questions about responsibility, tolerance, and love. |
| Target Audience Note: | 780 Lexile. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject: | Electric power failures Juvenile fiction Survival Juvenile fiction Families New Hampshire Juvenile fiction Survivalism Juvenile fiction New Hampshire Juvenile fiction |
| Genre: | Action and adventure fiction. |
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