TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simonet, Andrew,
TI  - A night twice as long
SN  - 9780374309329
AV  - PZ7.1.S565 Ni 2021
U1  - [Fic] 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Farrar Straus Giroux, 
KW  - Electric power failures
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Autism
KW  - Brothers and sisters
KW  - Young adult fiction
N1  - Ages 12-18; Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers; Grades 10-12; Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
N2  - What do you call the difference between what you should feel and what you do feel? Life? The blackout has been going on for three weeks. But Alex feels like she' s been living in the dark for a year, ever since her brother, who has autism, was removed from the house, something Alex blames herself for. So when her best friend, Anthony, asks her to trek to another town to figure out the truth about the blackout, Alex says yes. On a journey that ultimately takes all day and night, Alex' s relationships with Anthony, her brother, and herself will transform in ways that change them all forever. In this honest and gripping young adult novel, Andrew Simonet spins a propulsive tale about what it means to turn on the lights and look at what' s real; The blackout has been going on for three weeks, but to Alex it feels like a year. Her brother, who has autism, was removed from the house, something Alex blames herself for. So when her best friend, Anthony, asks her to trek to another town to figure out the truth about the blackout, Alex says yes. On a journey that ultimately takes all day and night, Alex's relationships with Anthony, her brother, and herself will transform in ways that change them all forever. -- adapted from jacket
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