Book description
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? THE CITY OF EMBER was the
debut novel from exciting new American writer, Jeanne DuPrau. Having
been a teacher, an editor and a technical writer, Jeanne DuPrau now
writes fiction full-time. She lives in California.
