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by: Jeanne DuPrau
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780375822742
ISBN: 0375822747
Label: Yearling
Manufacturer: Yearling
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 270
Publication Date: May 25, 2004
Publisher: Yearling
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: May 25, 2004
Sales Rank: 961
Studio: Yearling
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Product Description:
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she’s sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must decipher the message before the lights go out on Ember forever! This stunning debut novel offers refreshingly clear writing and fascinating, original characters.
From the Hardcover edition.
Amazon.com Review:
It is always night in the city of Ember. But there is no moon, no stars. The only light during the regular twelve hours of 'day' comes from floodlamps that cast a yellowish glow over the streets of the city. Beyond are the pitch-black Unknown Regions, which no one has ever explored because an understanding of fire and electricity has been lost, and with it the idea of a Moveable Light. 'Besides,' they tell each other, 'there is nowhere but here' Among the many other things the people of Ember have forgotten is their past and a direction for their future. For 250 years they have lived pleasantly, because there has been plenty of everything in the vast storerooms. But now there are more and more empty shelves--and more and more times when the lights flicker and go out, leaving them in terrifying blackness for long minutes. What will happen when the generator finally fails?
Twelve-year-old Doon Harrow and Lina Mayfleet seem to be the only people who are worried. They have just been assigned their life jobs--Lina as a messenger, which leads her to knowledge of some unsettling secrets, and Doon as a Pipeworker, repairing the plumbing in the tunnels under the city where a river roars through the darkness. But when Lina finds a very old paper with enigmatic 'Instructions for Egress,' they use the advantages of their jobs to begin to puzzle out the frightening and dangerous way to the city of light of which Lina has dreamed. As they set out on their mission, the haunting setting and breathless action of this stunning first novel will have teens clamoring for a sequel. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Rediscover the Joy of Learning
Through this book, Jeanne Duprau takes us on a journey to The City of Ember, an underground city built as a home for a new civilization detached from the existing advances of the human society, but safe from its impending apocalypse. However, as the years advance beyond the age Ember was built for, the society's infrastructure starts to fall apart - and the natural instincts of greed and survival starts to tear into the previously blissful city.
While the plot may seem familiar, it ... Read More
Rating:  - A Great Start To A Fantastic Series
This is the type of book that gets you hooked. You start reading and are enjoying it, but then the more you read the better it gets, the more you like it, you feel involved in the drama and action and want to help the characters, help them solve the mysteries and problems. I highly reccommend this book. It has an air of mystery and intrigue about it that fills you with curiosity for what will happen next. The author can perfectly relate to you the characters thoughts and feelings and not one emotion ... Read More
Rating: - What a great book
Being eager to read this book I hoped it was as good as I wanted it to be. It was. Lina and Doon are good characters for this story. Lina's love for Poppy is very clear and the way she puts Poppy first sends a good message. The death of granny was sad, I was hoping to find our more about her lost item before her passing. This book starts hot and keeps burning hot. During their explorations in the Pipeworks I was on the edge of my seat they were going to get caught. The world was painted very clear ... Read More
Rating:  - an excellent fairy tale, not great for adults
THE CITY OF EMBER is a fairy tale, a story stripped down to its essentials and laden with morals and lessons. Everything is a bit simplified - and, as a result, the book has the otherworldly, timeless feel of a Cinderella or a Goldilocks.
I'm one of those adults who has discovered that a lot of the best new books are found on children's and YA shelves. A lot of these books are well-written enough, complex enough, to appeal equally to adults and children. THE CITY OF EMBER is not one of these ... Read More
Rating: - The City of Ember
It was an excellent product. The story was chosen for our book club so that we can go and watch the movie in October.
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