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      The City of Ember

      by Jeanne Duprau
      Published
      May 2003
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
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      270
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      Book of Ember Book 1

      About This Book

      Citizens of Ember shall be assigned work at twelve years of age...

      LINA MAYFLEET desperately wants to be a messenger. Instead, she draws the dreaded job of Pipeworks laborer, which means she'll be working in damp tunnels deep underground.

      DOON HARROW draws messenger--and asks Lina to trade! Doon wants to be underground. That's where the generator is, and Doon has ideas about how to fix it. For as long as anyone can remember, the great lights of Ember have kept the endless darkness at bay. But now the lights are beginning to flicker. .. .

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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Speculative Fiction Suspense

      Subgenres

      Action Adventure Dystopian Fantasy Science Fiction Steampunk

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade Young Adult / Teens

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