cityofember

__The City of Ember__ by Jeanne DuPrau ISBN: 0-375-82273-9 c2003 270 pages R.L.- 5.0 Points- 9

Good sections to read aloud: -”The Instructions” at the very beginning of the book (pages 1-2) -pp. 7-8...during assignment day

Summary: It’s the year 241, and the students who have turned 12 are going to be given their “assignments (jobs)” for the next three years. Lina is in this class and is devastated when she learns that she will be working in the Pipeworks, but shortly after the announcement, she is able to trade jobs with Doon and become a messenger. The City of Ember is very different from cities we know today. It has a limited supply of everything, and the most limited items are light bulbs. Doon is determined to figure out what he can do to help the city survive, and then Lina discovers something in her house that she feels can be beneficial, and the two set out on a search.

YA fiction--science fiction; lights; jobs

©Jennifer Lang-WDMS-2005