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by Jeanne DuPrau (Author)
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  • Paperback: 179 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Yearling Books; New edition edition (6 Jan 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0552552380
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552552387
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,983 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked - but now the storerooms are almost out of food, crops are blighted, corruption is spreading through the city and worst of all - the lights are failing. Soon Ember could be engulfed by darkness-But when two children, Lina and Doon, discover fragments of an ancient parchment, they begin to wonder if there could be a way out of Ember. Can they decipher the words from long ago and find a new future for everyone? Will the people of Ember listen to them?

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Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked...but now the storerooms are almost out of food, corruption is spreading through the cityand worst of all - the lights are failing. Soon Ember could be engulfed by darkness.
But when two children, Lina and Doon, discover fragments of an ancient parchment they begin to wonder if there could be a way out of Ember. Can they decipher the words from long ago and find a new future for everyone?

'DuPrau is a most engaging writer: direct, succinct, delivering lively characters and genuine suspense, sustaining the mystery but generous with her clues.' Jan Mark, TES

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable, 23 Sep 2007
By SJSmith (UK) - See all my reviews
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A great YA book. Well planned and thought out. It will have you thinking all of the way through. If you like dystopian and post-apocolyptic novels then this is one for you.

The ending is fabulous. Because it's a YA book the blurb really does say it all and revealing plot details will give a lot of the ending away. All the pieces will fall into place within the last chapter. I don't know much about the author but there was clearly a sequel in mind whilst writing as the ending leads straight into the next book.

I will read the next book at some point but not yet.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A scary view of the future?, 4 Nov 2004
By D. J. Clayton (Chester, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The City of Ember (Hardcover)
Two children live their lives in the completely dark city of Ember. Things are going wrong: electricity keeps cutting out, goods are in short supply. What will become of the people if the lights do not come on again? Then the children find bits of instructions left by forefathers showing a way out but where to?
Makes you wonder what would happen if something,a meteorite perhaps, stopped our supplies. What would happen to us then? What if we had power cuts all the time? No petrol, no oil, how would we live? An excellent and realistic tale.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Dark, Interesting, Terrifying..., 4 Nov 2008
By Pitch Ender "Nige" (Northern Ireland) - See all my reviews
I came to (The) City of Ember from the alternate, and never much-recommended route: I saw the film first, then decided to read the book. Though not usually advisable, in this case it was a blessing...though the film certainly wasn't terrible, the book is much, much better.

The premise is simple, yet refreshingly different (no magic; no unicorns; no prophecies): a community living in a city with a sky that is "always dark", lit by fading electric lights...two children long for more than their prescribed tasks, and discover ancient fragments of paper, and try to discover the way "out" of Ember.

The story is awash with wonderful, political and literary parallels (totalitarianism; Orwell's 1984; nucleur fears), though none are ever over-stated or over-wrought. The two main characters (Doon and Lina) are perfect instigators of the quest: Lina dreams of a shining city, Doon of doing something "real" to help Ember - to stop the lights going out forever.

Page-turning, exciting and full of mystery, this is a novel teenagers and children will love. I was unable to put it down, and was powered forwards towards the resolution...and it is here that I steal back the fifth star in the rating: it felt as though DuPrau lost her verve in the final fifty pages. Things become TOO easy for the kids. Personally (though it might sound callous), I would have liked a touch of something bitter-sweet at the conclusion. Perhaps a death?

Anyway, take no notice of my nit-picking.

Very, very well recommended...after you've seen the film...

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With 'The City of Ember', Jeanne DuPrau delivers a terrific read for 9-13 year olds. A gentle introduction to the idea of a dystopian future, Ember is a sealed city built to... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The City of Ember
This is a really fantastic book. I picked up the sequel, The People of Sparks on holiday in San Francisco. I bought that then searched for this and am I glad I found it! Read more
Published on 3 Jan 2006 by Moi.

4.0 out of 5 stars My thoughts...
This book has the most original idea in the many books I've read!!

A girl named Lina,who lives with her Gran, is just about to finish school. Read more

Published on 12 Jul 2005 by lady_salmakia

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful First Novel
The City of Ember was just a random book I picked off the shelf because it had an interesting cover. Read more
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