The switch / by Roland Smith.
On the day after Henry Ludd's thirteenth birthday, the power goes out. No phones, no news, and planes are literally falling out of the sky. Henry's father was away from the family farm and he has not returned. It's worrisome as people descend into lawlessness. Four months later, the electricity still hasn't come back. While Henry's family is protected in their walled compound with wind turbines fueling their electricity, the rest of their area has suffered. Henry's father still hasn't been found. Determined to find him, Henry ventures out with a trading crew to the zoo where his dad was last seen. After the truck is hijacked and Henry is left behind, he's forced to travel alone through the unruly world of the Switch. But his journey home will lead him to cross paths with the people who took his dad and have been trying to take over his family's land and resources ever since. -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780545803502
- ISBN: 0545803500
- ISBN: 9780800060114
- ISBN: 0-8000-6011-3
- Physical Description: 295 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
Target Audience Note: | 8-12 years 650L Lexile. Decoding demand: 96 (very high) Semantic demand: 100 (very high) Syntactic demand: 88 (very high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile 650L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 10 518894. |
Awards Note: | Truman Readers Award Nominee, 2024-2025. |
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Genre: | Dystopian fiction. Action and adventure fiction. Survival fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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- 51 of 64 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Stone County.
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- 2 current holds with 64 total copies.
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Summary
The Switch
A thrilling dystopic story from Roland Smith about how far people will go to survive -- perfect for fans of Dry and Distress Signal . On the morning of Henry Ludd's thirteenth birthday, the power goes out. No phones, no news, and planes are literally falling out of the sky. Henry's father was away from the family farm and he has not returned. It's worrisome as people descend into lawlessness. Four months later, the electricity still hasn't come back. While Henry's family is protected in their walled compound with wind turbines fueling their electricity, the rest of their area has suffered. Henry's father still hasn't been found. Determined to find him, Henry ventures out with a trading crew to the zoo where his dad was last seen. After the truck is hijacked and Henry is left behind, he's forced to travel alone through the unruly world of the Switch. But his journey home will lead him to cross paths with the people who took his dad and have been trying to take over his family's land and resources ever since.