Henry Heckelbeck and the Not-So-Dark Day
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Chapter Book · Ages 5–9 · 2025

Henry Heckelbeck and the Not-So-Dark Day

A city blackout turns into an unexpected adventure for a young boy.

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128 pages
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When a city blackout cancels school, Henry finds joy in the dark. He plays flashlight limbo, creates shadow puppets, and races to eat melting ice cream. Will he wish for the lights to stay off forever?

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In this eighteenth Henry Heckelbeck adventure, Henry’s town is in a blackout! There’s a blackout in Brewster, which means that school is canceled! Henry Heckelbeck plays flashlight limbo with his friends, makes shadow puppets, and eats up all the ice cream in the freezer before it melts. Henry is having such a great day, he starts to wish that the lights never come back on! With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Henry Heckelbeck chapter books are perfect for emerging readers.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
128
Reading age
5–9
Audience
Transitional Reader
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Published
June 17, 2025
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Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781665962971

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