Synopsis:
Bracken is a typical teenage boy, more interested in the angles of the girl’s exposed back teasing him from the seat ahead of him than in anything the geometry teacher could present. His life is filled with school, video games, and thoughts of girls, not necessarily in that order. Life just flows along uneventfully and unacknowledged, like the electricity that courses through the power lines — until PF (Power Failure) Day. On PF Day, the sun strikes Bracken’s world with an unseen surge of electromagnetic fury, which cripples power stations and burns transformers to crispy nuggets of regret.No one in Bracken’s world had ever thought about how much they depended on electrical power, but now, without it, they are plunged into survival mode. Bracken soon realizes how lucky he is to live on a farm in the Midwest. What seemed like a dull and backwards life before is now the greatest chance for survival in what seems like a powerless world. Food, water, and heat are readily available, although hard work is required to make use of them. Bracken and his family must learn to survive like their ancestors, who settled their land.
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Author
Bio
Julie L. Casey lives in a rural area near St.
Joseph, Missouri, with her husband, Jonn Casey, a science teacher,
and their three youngest sons. After teaching preschool for fifteen years,
she has been homeschooling her four sons for ten years. Julie has bachelor of
science degrees in education and computer programming and has written five
books, including How I Became a Teenage Survivalist, Time Lost: Teenage
Survivalist II, Stop Beating the Dead Horse, In Daddy’s Hands, and Guardians of
Holt. She is currently working on the third book in the Teenage Survivalist series, titled Ice Queen: Teenage Survivalist III. She enjoys historical reenacting, wildlife
rehabilitation, teaching her children, and writing books that capture the
imaginations of young people.
Find out more at:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
Twitter: @JulieLCasey
Goodreads Author Page: https://www.goodreads.
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/
10 Fun
Random Facts:
1. My husband
jokingly calls me the Dream Crusher. Head on over to my website, julielcasey.com, on the About Me page
to find out why.
2. I’m the
mother of five, grandmother of two, with identical twin granddaughters on the
way.
3. I’m a
wildlife rehabilitator. I’ve helped many reptiles, including snakes and
turtles, and some mammals, including raccoons, rabbits, and even a bat.
3. My family
and I reenact civil war/pioneer days, have starred in several documentaries and
western films, and are docents at the Pony Express
National Museum in
St. Joseph, Missouri.
4. I don’t care
for chocolate (I know, almost blasphemous), although I eat it occasionally.
5. I’m a tomboy
at heart, which scares me a little having granddaughters - I hope they’re not
too girlie (but of course, I’ll adore them anyway).
6. My favorite
foods are sweet potatoes and broccoli, both with just butter, salt, and pepper
— no marshmallows or fake melted cheese for me.
7. We have five
dogs and seven cats, all of whom are rescues. Luckily, we live in the country
with lots of wide=open spaces for them to run and a barn to house most of the
cats.
8. My favorite
color is blue and being a tomboy, I have an illogical aversion to wearing
anything pink, although I like the color on other people.
9. I homeschool
my three youngest sons, which is why I wrote How I Became a Teenage
Survivalist to give them something new to read for their daily reading
requirement.
10. I love
playing Solitaire and reward myself for every chapter I write or edit with a
quick game. Or two. Or three...
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