Sunday, October 5, 2008

The City of Ember

The City of Ember is by Jeanne DuPrau. The first installment in the Book of Ember dystopian fiction series. Doon and Lina live in Ember, a city that is dying. All the supplies are running out and the generator that supplies electricity is on the verge of a breakdown. Lina discovers a box with "instructions". Instructions for what? She and Doon believe they have found the way out of Ember. Have they? Will anyone believe them? A great story, well written and suspenseful.

Ratings: 6th grade - 10 out of 10.

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