The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

The City of Ember

Residents of Ember have been living in the isolated underground city for more than 200 years after holocaust. However now resources are running out and power failures are becoming more frequent. What was to have been a survival experiment has the people trapped and the instructions to a way out have been misplaced. 12 year olds Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow have been given their work assignments  - messenger and pipeworks labourer. Together they start to see how dangerous the real situation of the city is with malfunctioning machinery and corrupt and ignorant officials covering up the problems.

 Jeanne DuPrau has written a compelling and well-paced novel, and her protagonists are resourceful and courageous. City of Ember is a multi-award winning title and it now available as a graphic novel as well as audio book. The trilogy moves on to The People of Sparks and The Diamond of Darkhold. There is also a prequel, The Prophet of Yonwood. The movie was released in 2008.

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