The Day the Screens Went Blank

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The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, highlighting the work schools are doing to encourage a love of reading, have. His notable works include the books Join Me, Yes Man, and the TV series How to Start Your Own Country. It tells the story of Wallace's trip to Idaho, to visit a manhole cover in a small town, whose residents have proclaimed it the centre of the universe. And along the way Stella and her family discover that being away from screens might not be the WORST THING EVER, and even though they might not be able to rely on technology anymore, they can rely on each other instead. A book that looked like it might have been a dire dystopian story, turned out to be a funny and heartwarming road trip adventure about how life without screen is much fuller, wholesome and real.

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It’s about discovering the joy of swinging in the park, visiting a library, and having fun with games like marbles and other activities long forgotten from our younger days. Don't miss the hilarious new 'what-if' adventure from bestselling author, comedian, and presenter Danny Wallace, with illustrations throughout from Gemma Correll. Other books by Danny Wallace: The Luckiest Kid in the World Hamish and the Worldstoppers Hamish and the Neverpeople Hamish and the Gravity Burp Hamish and the Baby Boom Hamish and the Terrible Terrible Christmas and Other Stories Hamish and the Monster Patrol A brand new middle grade adventure from bestselling author Danny Wallace that explores the chaos that ensues when everyone's gadgets mysteriously stop working. He says if you were late, when you got there, everybody would have just gone somewhere else because you were late. Danny’s first book for children, Hamish and the Worldstoppers, was the first in a bestselling series, and his recent standalones, The Day the Screens Went Blank and The Luckiest Kid in the World are highly acclaimed.

Dad picks up a remote and holds it in the air like he’s about to start a race, to signal that Film Night is beginning. There are lessons on kindness and spending time with your loved ones, embracing your imagination and even an eerie reflection of the year we have just spent in lockdown in this pandemic with more time to talk, bake bread and spend time playing together. A brand new middle grade adventure from bestselling author Danny Wallace that explores the chaos that ensues when everyone’s gadgets mysteriously stop working. She gets very stressed though so she’s got one of those apps she can stare at that tells her when to breathe. The Day the Screens Went Blank was a quick hilarious read that reflected on current issues whilst also being quite uplifting and containing a message.

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Join Stella and her family for an adventure to see her Gran when a global disaster strikes: the phones, iPads and all of the technology has gone off! Her family seems fairly typical - a younger brother glued to Youtube videos, parents who both rely on phones for work.

When 10-year-old Stella wakes up to discover a world full of blank screens, her family, town and in fact the whole world seems to have been thrown into chaos. Imagina que alguien descargó todos los libros que se te ocurrieron, los imprimió y los puso todos aquí para que pudieras leer lo que quisieras, gratis".