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Blackout
6-pack
ISBN: 9780790320274
Copyright Date: 2007
Grade Level:
6
Reading Level:
W
Strategy/Skill:
Comparing and contrasting, Making inferences, Point of view
Genre:
Realistic Fiction
Theme/Topic:
Family, Neighborhood, Personal Change, Safety
Classification:
Fiction
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Book Summary
When Lucia moves from a small town to a city, she misses her friends, especially on her birthday. That evening, as she is getting ready to go out with her parents, the power goes off. As her family struggle to cope with the blackout, she finds out that city life isn’t at all what she’d imagined.
Features of the Book
- Realistic fiction
- Plot, characters, setting
- Theme of change and adjustment
- First person narration
Purpose
Blackout can be used to introduce and reinforce the following skills and understandings:
- making inferences
- evaluating a character’s point of view
- comparing and contrasting aspects of a story
- discussing the world’s dependence on electricity and the effects of disruptions to power supply
For more information please see our Lesson Plan
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