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Blackout

El amor brilla cuando la luz se apaga

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Un apagón.
Doce adolescentes.
Seis oportunidades en el amor.
En medio del caos, en una sofocante noche de verano, brillará el amor.

Una sofocante ola de calor deja a la ciudad de Nueva York sumida en un apagón, pero en medio de la noche más cálida y oscura, otro tipo de chispas brillarán en la ciudad.

Un primer encuentro.

Amigos de toda la vida. Ex amargados

Y quizá... el inicio de algo nuevo.

Cuando las luces se apagan, los sentimientos más profundos salen a la luz: el amor florece, la amistad se transforma en algo nuevo y todas las posibilidades tienen una oportunidad para realizarse.

Seis de las autoras de narrativa juvenil más queridas y leídas dan forma a seis relatos de amor protagonizadas por adolescentes negros en una novela interconectada de historias encantadoras, divertidas y desgarradoras que hacen resplandecer en plena oscuridad la luz más brillante.

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from April 26, 2021
      Young Black love glows throughout this collaboration by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon, which follows six couples through a summer blackout in New York City. In a primary story arc, Tammi Wright is about to start her first day as the summer office assistant at the Apollo Theater’s Harlem headquarters when she runs into ex-boyfriend Kareem Murphy, who, due to an admin-
      istrative error, is there for the same job. Just as they are about to find out who will receive the single opening, a blackout sweeps the city, causing chaos aboveground and under. As the two reluctantly walk together back to Bed-Stuy, where Kareem is set to DJ a party after dark, they navigate their history and their love for each other. Featured between each stage of their journey are connections—some gentle, some combative, all thrilling—that feature characters falling in or professing their love across the city’s landmarks. As each teen makes their way home, this joyful collaboration brings a necessary elation to stories of Black love, queer love, and alternative forms of affection, all of which are all tenderly highlighted in these narratives. Ages 13–up. Agents: (for Clayton) Molly Ker Hawn, the Bent Agency; (for Jackson) Natalie Lakosil, Bradford Literary; (for Stone) Mollie Glick, CAA; (for Thomas) the Bent Agency; (for Woodfolk) Beth Phelan, Gallt & Zacker; (for Yoon) Jodi Reamer, Writers House.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      An all-star cast of narrators and bestselling authors come together for a summery treat. Six interlocking short stories tell of young Black love during one night of a New York City blackout. Joniece Abbott-Pratt's compelling voice transports listeners through the five acts of "The Long Walk," Tiffany D. Jackson's story, which interweaves between the others to chronicle two exes reconnecting on a long walk to a Brooklyn block party. Dion Graham gives a heartfelt performance as a character who is confessing a long-held crush in Nic Stone's "Mask Off," and the lively banter between Bahni Turpin and A.J. Beckles in Nicola Yoon's story of hitting it off during a ride share is a delight. Each story sparkles with the excitement and joy of falling in love, and makes for excellent listening. E.E.C. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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  • Spanish; Castilian

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