{"id":13115,"date":"2022-11-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13115"},"modified":"2022-11-16T07:19:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T13:19:25","slug":"in-a-world-gone-dark-the-prepper-skills-she-longs-to-forget-may-save-them-by-amanda-panitch-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13115","title":{"rendered":"In a world GONE DARK, the prepper skills she longs to forget may save them, by Amanda Panitch (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13217\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=13217\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gone-dark-9781534466319_xlg.jpg?fit=596%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"596,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gone-dark-9781534466319_xlg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gone-dark-9781534466319_xlg.jpg?fit=596%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gone-dark-9781534466319_xlg.jpg?resize=298%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of Gone Dark, by Amanda Panitch. Published by Margaret K. McElderry Books \/Simon &amp; Schuster | recommended on BooksYALove.com \" class=\"wp-image-13217\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gone-dark-9781534466319_xlg.jpg?w=596&amp;ssl=1 596w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gone-dark-9781534466319_xlg.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/gone-dark-9781534466319_xlg.jpg?resize=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Forget how she got away, <br>just think of the future, <br>till it all goes dark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zara and her mom have a better life in southern California, five years gone since they escaped from her father&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Survivalism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">survivalist<\/a> compound back east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Computer games instead of skinning squirrels? What teen girl wouldn&#8217;t leave behind such a hard life? But her father&#8217;s voice still echoes that the world is ending soon\u2026 no wonder Zara has panic attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the sporadic power outages become a <a href=\"https:\/\/spectrum.ieee.org\/what-causes-cascading-power-grid-failures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">nationwide blackout<\/a>, and civilized behavior vanishes, just like Dad predicted. When a huge stranger barges into their darkened house and calls for Zara by name, the 17 year old knows it&#8217;s time to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unable to get Mom to safety, Zara and her best friends head away from the coast, trying to outrun the threatening stranger and avoid danger on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Mormon fortress welcomes them, but can they ever leave? <br>More people join the group as they travel &#8211; can they stay safe together? <br>If they reach the hidden compound, can they survive its border traps? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This future where the electric grid fails large-scale could be tomorrow, just like the difficulties that Zara and friends endure in a world gone dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s your emergency plan for disasters?<br>**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book info:<\/strong> Gone Dark \/ Amanda Panitch. Margaret K. McElderry Books \/Simon &amp; Schuster, 2022. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amandapanitch.com\/gone-dark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">author site<\/a>] [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/Gone-Dark\/Amanda-Panitch\/9781534466319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forget how she got away, just think of the future, till it all goes dark. Zara and her mom have a better life in southern California, five years gone since they escaped from her father&#8217;s survivalist compound back east. Computer games instead of skinning squirrels? What teen girl wouldn&#8217;t leave behind such a hard life? 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