6/10/2023 0 Comments Blackout by john rocco![]() and there's a party going on! The whole neighborhood has come outdoors and come alive as a result of the blackout. ![]() In an attempt to escape the dark, frustrating heat, the family heads up to the roof of their building where they get a bird's-eye view of their block. The phones, the computers, the TV, the kitchen stove, are all useless. All of a sudden, the power goes out, and the whole neighborhood is left in the dark. Everyone in his family is too busy to play with him: his older sister is on the phone, Dad is cooking dinner, Mom is working on the computer. ![]() "It started out as a normal summer night," and the young boy in the book is bored. ![]() In this plugged-in world we live in, can you imagine the panic one family feels when the lights go out in the city one hot summer night? Well-known author and illustrator John Rocco was inspired to write this book after the widespread blackout in New York City in 2003, when the typically bustling city was rendered dark and quiet by a massive electrical outage. ![]()
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