After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson

12/23/20 • 44 min

Join our hosts Gabi & Luke in the third episode of Chat YA Up! where we read young adult books and then review them for you!
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Our third episode is After the Lights Go Out by Lili WilkinsonWhat happens when the lights go off after what might truly be an end-of-the-world event? How do you stay alive? Who do you trust? How much do you have to sacrifice?
Seventeen-year-old Pru Palmer lives with her twin sisters, Grace and Blythe, and their father, Rick, on the outskirts of an isolated mining community. The Palmers are doomsday preppers. They have a bunker filled with non-perishable food and a year's worth of water.
One day while Rick is at the mine, the power goes out. At the Palmers' house, and in the town. All communication is cut. No one knows why.
It doesn't take long for everything to unravel. In town, supplies run out and people get desperate. The sisters decide to keep their bunker a secret. The world is different; the rules are different. Survival is everything, and family comes first.SEASON 1:

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (25-11-2020)
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee (9-12-2020)
After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson (23-12-2020)
Sabriel by Garth Nix (6-1-2021)
Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein (20-1-2021)
Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (3-2-2021)
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (17-2-2021)
What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillame - This episode will include an interview with the author. (3-3-2021)
Gap Year in Ghost Town by Michael Pryor (17-3-2021)
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (31-3-2021)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (14-4-2021)
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas (28-4-2021)

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (25-11-2020)
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee (9-12-2020)
After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson (23-12-2020)
Sabriel by Garth Nix (6-1-2021)
Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein (20-1-2021)
Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (3-2-2021)
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (17-2-2021)
What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillame - This episode will include an interview with the author. (3-3-2021)
Gap Year in Ghost Town by Michael Pryor (17-3-2021)
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (31-3-2021)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (14-4-2021)
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas (28-4-2021)

Previous Episode

Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee

Join our host Gabi, with guest speaker Sarah in the second episode of Chat YA Up! where we read young adult books and then review them for you!
For more information, follow us on Instagram & Facebook and don't forget to check out Library at Home!
Our second episode is Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
I knew my brother. I knew when he talked too much about Timothy his imaginary pet eagle. He was scared.
'Whatever you do,' I said to Davey on the walk to school, 'Do not tell people about your eagle. Do not tell Miss Schweitzer about your eagle.'
He looked crestfallen. His shoulders slumped. He looked to make sure Timothy hadn't fallen off.
Lenny, small and sharp, has a younger brother Davey who won't stop growing - and at seven is as tall as a man. Raised by their single mother, who works two jobs and is made almost entirely out of worries, they have food and a roof over their heads, but not much else.
The bright spot every week is the arrival of the latest issue of Burrell's Build-it-at-Home Encyclopedia. Through the encyclopedia, Lenny and Davey experience the wonders of the world - beetles, birds, quasars, quartz - and dream about a life of freedom and adventure, visiting places like Saskatchewan and Yellow Knife, and the gleaming lakes of the North West Territories. But as her brother's health deteriorates, Lenny comes to accept the inevitable truth; Davey will never make it to Great Bear Lake.
A big-hearted novel about loving and letting-go by an award-winning author.SEASON 1:

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (25-11-2020)
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee (9-12-2020)
After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson (23-12-2020)
Sabriel by Garth Nix (6-1-2021)
Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein (20-1-2021)
Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (3-2-2021)
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (17-2-2021)
What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillame - This episode will include an interview with the author. (3-3-2021)
Gap Year in Ghost Town by Michael Pryor (17-3-2021)
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (31-3-2021)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (14-4-2021)
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas (28-4-2021)

Next Episode

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Join our host Gabi with guest speaker Kat in the fourth episode of Chat YA Up! where we read young adult books and then review them for you!
For more information, follow us on Instagram & Facebook and don't forget to check out Library at Home!
Our fourth episode is Sabriel by Garth Nix.The Old Kingdom is a place of free magic, necromancers and ancient spirits bound to elemental forces. Who will guard the living when the dead arise?
Sabriel has spent most of her young life far away from the magical realm of the Old Kingdom, and the Dead that roam it. But then a creature from across the Wall arrives at her all-girls boarding school with a message from her father, the Abhorsen - the magical protector of the realm whose task it is to bind and send back to Death those that won't stay Dead. Since the demise of the Royal Family the Dead have become stronger and more fearless, and now it seems their forces are threatening to overwhelm the Old Kingdom. Sabriel's father has been trapped in Death by a dangerous Free Magic creature. He urges her to return to her homeland, and to discover who or what is behind this uprising.
Armed with her father's binding-bells and sword, she soon finds companions in Mogget, an ancient spirit bound into the body of a cat, and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage whom Sabriel frees from a long, magical imprisonment. As the three travel deep into the Old Kingdom, threats mount on all sides. And every step brings them closer to a battle that will pit them against the true forces of life and death - and bring Sabriel face-to-face with her own destiny.SEASON 1:

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (25-11-2020)
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee (9-12-2020)
After the Lights Go Out by Lili Wilkinson (23-12-2020)
Sabriel by Garth Nix (6-1-2021)
Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein (20-1-2021)
Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (3-2-2021)
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (17-2-2021)
What I Like About Me by Jenna Guillame - This episode will include an interview with the author. (3-3-2021)
Gap Year in Ghost Town by Michael Pryor (17-3-2021)
Illuminae by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (31-3-2021)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson (14-4-2021)
Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas (28-4-2021)