"The riveting nonfiction account of the scientific competition to light the world with electricity." Recounts the scientific competition in the United States for the dominant electric current between Thomas Alva Edison and Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse.

"Christy Ottaviano Books."

The calm before the storm -- The first spark -- What's good for the goose -- A wizard is born -- AC/DC, a current craze -- Flashes of light -- What's mine is yours -- Meeting of the minds -- Earned success -- The rabid animal versus the fawn in the forest -- Death in the wires -- Shocked... -- ...To death -- In Kemmler's wake -- All the world's a stage -- One rises, one falls -- After the storm (an epilogue).