“Books of Ember” series by Jeanne DuPrau
- The City of Ember
- The People of Sparks
- The Prophet of Yonwood
- The Diamond of Darkhold
Interesting stories about people who grew up underground. Prophet is not recommended.
Recommended age: 10 – 12; 12 – 14; 14 – 16
Lina and Doon have grown up in the city of Ember where the only light is from electricity supplied by their generator. However, the generator is dying. But Lina and Doon wonder if there is, perhaps, a way out of the city and into someplace where they don’t need to live in fear of the generator dying and the city running out of light and food. Then one day, Lina finds an ancient document that might lead them out. In Sparks, they have managed to get out and they found a town. But the town is poor, and the townspeople are afraid that they will not have enough to feed them and the people from Ember. Some people with bad attitudes fan the anger, and soon there is a crowd ready to fight. But Doon and Lina have other ideas. In Prophet, a girl named Nicky finds herself in a small town where a woman who is in an almost-coma mutters in her sleep and is called a prophet. Her friend “interprets” the muttering and passes the “rules” onto the people in the town, resulting in a sort of reign of fear. At the end, you find out that there is a strained relationship to the city of Ember. In Diamond, Doon finds something that was left for the people of Ember. He and Lina set off on a trip back to Ember to find out more about this mysterious present. But in Ember, they find unanticipated danger.
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