Lights Out in Lincolnwood by Geoff Rodkey

(Simon & Schuster)

Dan and Jen and their kids, Chloe and Max, are a normal family with normal problems. Until one day, the lights go out and mobile phones don’t work. Lights, laptops, cars, trains – anything that uses electricity – just stops. And what happens next will change everything. One of the best books we’ve read in a long time.