Overview
What would you do if the lights went out...everywhere?
You are a hard-working chef living and working in the city of Silica. A rising star in the kitchen of French restaurant Le Petit Poulet, you love your job and hope to make sous chef one day. At home, you are a little less sure of yourself. You struggle to get along with your younger sister, Lucy. She is precocious but unambitious, and spends her days binge-watching shows on Netflix and pining for her boyfriend. When the electricity stops working one summer afternoon, you hardly think about it. But soon you learn the terrifying truth: The power is out everywhere-and it might not be returning for months, maybe even years. As fear and panic spread, and Silica spirals into chaos, your faith in yourself and others is put to the test. Will you make the right decisions and get through this deadly disaster?
Blackout is a high-stakes drama about family ties, love, and survival.
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Full Product Details
Author: G K Gilbert ,
Genevieve V Deguzman
Publisher: Night Owls Press LLC
Imprint: Night Owls Press LLC
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.395kg
ISBN: 9781937645113
ISBN 10: 1937645118
Pages: 266
Publication Date: 26 October 2015
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
G.K. GILBERT lives in South Baja, Mexico, where she works as a freelance writer and editor. A former editor at National Geographic Learning, she has written for National Geographic Explorer and Extreme Explorer classroom magazines and for numerous textbooks targeting English Language Learners. She was a high school exchange student in Argentina, a college exchange student in Russia, and recently received her TESOL certificate with the hopes of teaching English abroad some day. When she isn't writing, she loves to spend time with family, especially her wonderful sister, Carrie.
