19 October: Electricity Day

19 October is Electricity Day. Here are ten quotes about electricity.

1. If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be watching television by candlelight. George Gobal
2. Electricity is the power that causes all natural phenomena not known to be caused by something else. Ambrose Bierce
3. And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected. Spike Milligan
4. Electricity is really just organised lightning. George Carlin
5. There is a force more powerful than steam and electricity: the will. Fernán Caballero
6. Love is like electricity sometimes; it may shock you anytime, yet you cannot live without it. Munia Khan
7. In 1850, William Gladstone asked Michael Faraday why electricity was valuable. Faraday answered, “One day sir, you may tax it.”
8. We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles. Thomas A. Edison
9. What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room. Ray Charles
10. Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money. Earl Wilson

Obsidian's Ark

Teenage years bring no end of problems. Daniel Moran's include getting hold of computer games his parents don't think he should have; a full blown crush on the beautiful Suki from Zorostan; maintaining his status as a prefect and getting his homework done. He must also keep from his parents and sister the fact that he is a superhero with a sword from another world.

Trish wonders how to get science whizz Tom to notice her; how to persuade him that the best way to stand up to the school bully is to fight back. She doesn't want her friends, especially not Tom, to know she is a genetic variant with superpowers. Little does she know that Tom has secrets of his own.

Suki struggles to make friends at school when she cannot understand everyday cultural references, and they all suspect her of being a terrorist. She, too, has a secret, but is it what her classmates assume?

When Daniel stumbles upon a plot by an alliance of supervillains to plunge the world into war, he tries to alert the established superheroes, but none of them believe him. When the Prime Minister's only daughter, Yasmin Miller, is abducted, Daniel knows the villains' plan is underway. It seems humanity's only hope may be Daniel and the ragtag bunch of teenage superheroes he recruits. Can he pull together, not only his own team, but the older heroes as well, in a bid to save the Earth from a devastating war?

Themes: 

Superheroes; Coming of age; Leadership; Kidnap and rescue; Aliens; Friendship and rivalry; Terrorism; Secrets.

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