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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: 72259
Studio: Yearling
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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:  - The City of Ember
The City of Ember was the first book I put on my Kindle. It makes you want to keep reading "Almost as good as Harry Potter"
Rating: - Lina and Doon unlock the secrets of Ember
The City of Ember is a setting like no other--a dimly-lit postapocalyptic town where the essential instructions for survival have been lost to the generations. The uneasy but unquestioned ignorance about what "The Builders" had in mind for them threatens the citizens of Ember, who have gotten all too comfortable in their cocoon, and whose corrupt leaders don't want to answer too many questions.
It's up to twelve-year olds Lina and Doon to unlock the secrets that will ensure everyone's ... Read More
Rating:  - Poorly plotted knockoff of Lois Lowery's The Giver
At the opening of The City of Ember, twelve-year olds Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow wait anxiously, along with their twenty-two same aged classmates, to learn their fate. The pre-teens will draw lots to determine their Assignment, a job they will hold for the following three years. Lina disappointedly picks Pipeworks laborer, while Doon's lot is to be a Messenger. They later trade and team up in hopes of finding a way out of the over two hundred-year-old underground city before the artificial light ... Read More
Rating:  - Maybe more for adults?
I see that most of the bad reviews are from kids -- which is who the book is targeted for. I will make a note not to use it in class. I went into this book already hearing bad reviews from adults. I have never read The Giver, but I have heard others say it is like that.
I tend to like young adult novels, and this is one I did enjoy. I really wanted to know what was going to happen -- and I plan on reading the next books in the series to know what's going to happen to them and why they ... Read More
Rating:  - A great city to explore
I may not have heard about this book had it not picked up a movie deal. And yet, now that I've read it, I'm torn as to whether or not I want to see the movie. Not because it's a bad book/story...quite the contrary. I'm worried that it could get ruined. I bought a copy for my brother for his birthday and the new edition includes pix from the movie. One picture included captures Bill Murray as the mayor during one of the opening scenes. Seeing that picture redeemed my hope...I think he could probably do ... Read More
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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: 72259
Studio: Yearling