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It’s 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember, and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town’s respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. Her garbled words are taken as prophetic instruction on how to avoid the coming disaster. If only they can be interpreted correctly. . . .
As the people of Yonwood scramble to make sense of the woman’s mysterious utterances, Nickie explores the oddities she finds around town—her great-grandfather’s peculiar journals and papers, a reclusive neighbor who studies the heavens, a strange boy who is fascinated with snakes—all while keeping an eye out for ways to help the world. Is this vision her chance? Or is it already too late to avoid a devastating war?
In this prequel to the acclaimed The City of Ember and The People of Sparks, Jeanne DuPrau investigates how, in a world that seems out of control, hope and comfort can be found in the strangest of places.
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As the people of Yonwood scramble to make sense of the woman’s mysterious utterances, Nickie explores the oddities she finds around town—her great-grandfather’s peculiar journals and papers, a reclusive neighbor who studies the heavens, a strange boy who is fascinated with snakes—all while keeping an eye out for ways to help the world. Is this vision her chance? Or is it already too late to avoid a devastating war?
In this prequel to the acclaimed The City of Ember and The People of Sparks, Jeanne DuPrau investigates how, in a world that seems out of control, hope and comfort can be found in the strangest of places.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The first two books were brilliant, completely addictive reading. This book seems to sit in the middle of nowhere (even though it is the prequel to The City of Ember) it really only steers the plot towards Ember in the last chapter, giving you very few clues about how Ember came to be built. I was disappointed (but it would be difficult to keep up the excitement without a break!)
Must be read if you are reading the Ember series as it's another year to wait until the last book, but don't expect find much about Ember.
Must be read if you are reading the Ember series as it's another year to wait until the last book, but don't expect find much about Ember.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I didn't like this book, there was no real relevance to books of ember series. I read it because I felt that I had to in order to follow the series but I could have continued with the next book and missed this out I would not have noticed.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The last couple of pages of this book are all you need to read. A bit of a pointless prequel. I really enjoyed the first two books, this one was a bit of a let down tbh.
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Read first two books then you will understand this one.
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The front cover is all black. You can't tell which way up your reading when you look at the book. Read more
The front cover is all black. You can't tell which way up your reading when you look at the book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by The Dials
How religion could destroy a community
What divides the normal upbringing of a child to one where religion has a bad influence?
Nickie, an eleven year old girl accompanies her aunt, Crystal on a week long... Read more
Nickie, an eleven year old girl accompanies her aunt, Crystal on a week long... Read more
Published on 17 July 2009 by dvimus
Why the poor reviews?
This book is recommended for youngish children but reviews have been supplied by adults who are either semi-literate or rabidly religeose.Ignore them. Read more
Published on 6 April 2009 by Pollytess
the prophet of yonwood
The first 2 books in the Ember series are unputdownable so what happened to this so called prequel.
The main characters are wooden, thinly eeked out storyline. Read more
The main characters are wooden, thinly eeked out storyline. Read more
Published on 10 Jan 2009 by Mr. R. W. Spivey
little to do with ember, lacking in nuance and dogmatically...
I didn't find this a great read. Some of this is due to objective factors: the positioning of the book in the series and how it relates. Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2008 by A. J. Mcveigh
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