Midnight At The Electric

Midnight At The Electric

YA fiction
Adri lives in Kansas in 2065. Climate change has rendered many
cities uninhabitable and still poses a great threat to humankind.
Planet B has become a necessity. Adri is one of the creme de la creme
chosen to leave Earth forever to become a colonist on Mars. During
the ardurous final training she is living with her just discovered
only living family member and a very old tortoise named Galepagos.
Catherine has the misfortune of living in Kansas during the
1930s. Her family's formerly prosperous farm has been swallowed up by
the dust that relentlessy assaults them. The person she loves the
most in the world, her little sister, Beezie, is stricken with dust
pneumonia which could very well take her life. She'll do whatever it
takes to save Beezie's life, even if it means leaving the only home
she's ever known.
In post World War I England, Lenore has lost the soldier brother
who was closest to her. We learn of her through her letters to her
former best friend who had moved to America quite awhile ago. She
aspires to join her. But fears and insecurities keep her bogged down
and confused. And there's a stranger who covertly enters her life and
leaves her even more uncertain.
At first glance, it would seem like the three girls, separated
by decades, would have anything in common. Their lives, however, are
inextricably interconnected. That makes reading Jodi Lynn Anderson's
Midnight At The Electric like solving a mystery or putting together a
captivating jigsaw puzzle. If you're the kind of active reader who
likes digging for clues, you will find it to be a must read.
On a personal note, snow is still happening in Penobscot County,
Maine. We got more last night. And as I write this flakes are
drifting past the window. UMaine is on our long awaited spring
break. While some folks are off to exotic locations, I suspect a lot
of us are using the week as catch up time.
A great big shout out goes out to the snow removal professionals and
my fellow students.
jules hathaway


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