Philbrick, W. R.

The big dark / Rodman Philbrick. - New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2017] �2016 - 178 p. ; 20 cm.

Publisher's Weekly, November 2015 Booklist, November 2015 Horn Book, October 2016 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), January 2016 Teacher Librarian, April 2016 Kirkus Review, October 2015 Library Media Connection, April 2016

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.

5.7. 3-6 Follett School Solutions.



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Electric power failures--Fiction.
Survival skills--Fiction.
Family life--New Hampshire--Fiction.


New Hampshire--Fiction.


Action and adventure fiction.

PZ7.P52112 / Bi 2017

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