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The City of Ember (Books of Ember)
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $6.99
Manufacturer: Yearling
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Description
NOW A MAJOR motion picture starring Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Martin Landau, Saoirse Ronan, and Harry Treadaway! This tie-in edition of The City of Ember features a movie-art cover and an 8-page photo insert. Jeanne DuPrau’s instant classic tells the story of the great, underground city of Ember, designed as a last refuge for the human race. But when the storerooms run out of food and the lights begin to fail, it’s up to two teens, Lina and Doon, to decipher the fragments of an ancient parchment and find a way out of Ember.
It is always night in the city of Ember. But there is no moon, no stars. The only light during the regular twelve hours of "day" comes from floodlamps that cast a yellowish glow over the streets of the city. Beyond are the pitch-black Unknown Regions, which no one has ever explored because an understanding of fire and electricity has been lost, and with it the idea of a Moveable Light. "Besides," they tell each other, "there is nowhere but here" Among the many other things the people of Ember have forgotten is their past and a direction for their future. For 250 years they have lived pleasantly, because there has been plenty of everything in the vast storerooms. But now there are more and more empty shelves--and more and more times when the lights flicker and go out, leaving them in terrifying blackness for long minutes. What will happen when the generator finally fails?
Twelve-year-old Doon Harrow and Lina Mayfleet seem to be the only people who are worried. They have just been assigned their life jobs--Lina as a messenger, which leads her to knowledge of some unsettling secrets, and Doon as a Pipeworker, repairing the plumbing in the tunnels under the city where a river roars through the darkness. But when Lina finds a very old paper with enigmatic "Instructions for Egress," they use the advantages of their jobs to begin to puzzle out the frightening and dangerous way to the city of light of which Lina has dreamed. As they set out on their mission, the haunting setting and breathless action of this stunning first novel will have teens clamoring for a sequel. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell City of Ember is now a major motion picture (releasing in October 2008) starring Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Martin Landau, and many more. Enjoy these images from the film, and click the thumbnails to see a larger image in a new browser window.  |  |  |
Reviews
Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-09-04
Summary: "I really can't figure out why I didn't love this..."
Huh. I really have no idea why I didn't love The City of Ember. I'm just perplexed. I really should have loved it. There were no flaws that I could think of. The heroes weren't annoying at all. The villians weren't too dastardly that I hated their scenes with every fiber of my being. The City of Ember was pretty suspenseful. I just. don't. know. I'm a bit disheartened.
The writing in The City of Ember wasn't amazing, but that sort of thing doesn't bother me unless it's like really, really bad or it's average yet the book won a Pulitzer. That doesn't apply here. I guess my main problem was that I couldn't bring myself to care. Oh, Ember is losing power quickly? Wow, sucks to be the citizens of that city. I wasn't attached to the characters or the plot. I mean, don't get me wrong is was mildly interesting and I did speed through the book, but again, I just didn't care. I had no feelings while reading this. Maybe The City of Ember was too juvenile for me. However, I have enjoyed countless Young-Adult novels so maybe I'm just grasping at straws.
So, I didn't hate The City of Ember, but I didn't love it either. I was just "meh" about it. It did keep me turning the pages, but it was sort of like a reflex with no conscious thought. Although, to be perfectly fair, this book did follow To Kill a Mockinbird for me and any book following that one is just bound to fail. Anyway, I am interested in reading The People of Sparks, the second installment of The City of Ember (it's right there on my shelf) and I'm hoping that that one gets more of a response from me.
P.S. Completely useless review, you say? I know, but I just. don't. know.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-10
Summary: "Great book"
This was a great book about a boy and a girl named Lina and doon who live in the city of ember. This city runs on electricity and is underground. This city has a key which is supposed to be handed down from each mayor. At this time (when they have a horrible mayor) Lina realizes that for a while the mayors have not had the box. when Lina discovers her grand mother is related to one of the mayors and that was the last mayor who owned the box. The city of ember is running out of electricity and can Lina and doon recover the box and let everyone out of ember.
In my opinion this was a great book that was full of tension and surprise so everyone must read this book!
Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2010-07-15
Summary: "Compelling Story"
Lina and Doon are twelve years old, graduating from school and making their way into the working world of their city. Ember is a city in trouble. When the electric floodlights are off, it is always dark, and the generator isn't as reliable as it used to be. The warehouses used to be full of anything anyone might need, but now scarcity is more and more the rule. People are growing concerned about the future of their city.
Lina imagines there must be something else beyond Ember, but anyone who has ever tried to venture out into the darkness has come running back, terrified. Doon thinks that there must be a way to repair the generator, but his people lack the scientific knowledge to do so. Their world is reaching a crisis.
Then Lina finds a set of instructions, partially chewed up by her baby sister. They seem to indicate that there is something else beyond Ember, and that their entire population could leave the city. The idea is thrilling and terrifying. Lina enlists Doon to help her puzzle through the instructions and find the secret way out of Ember.
I really enjoyed the framework of this story; it was interesting to think about how a city underground could be functional, and to think about the unique problems that would appear in such a city. I liked the details of the different jobs, the descriptions of the storehouses, and the bits and pieces of the story that described how the city worked.
I felt like the story was too short, though, to give all of the detail it deserved. There were so many aspects of Ember that were left unexplained, and there also wasn't enough time to develop the characters as much as I would have liked. I found that the relationships between characters were a bit weak. Lina doesn't have a single friend besides Lizzie, who drifts away immediately after school ends. Doon doesn't seem to have a single friend at all. Mrs. Murdo is too convenient for my taste, and doesn't seem to have her own personality or any sort of job. She's just there to do exactly what Lina needs. I would have liked to have seen more complex relationships among characters.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-07-11
Summary: "Raced through it"
I bought this book because I remembered an excerpt from a story in my 8th grade reading book that had an underground city like Ember. This isn't the same story, but I love the concept. I bought it about 8pm or so, and I finished it around 1130pm the same night. (reading on my netbook, no less. lol) I immediately had to buy the next book in the series.
I'm assuming this is a YA book, but it's so nice to find one where the characters aren't sarcastic and annoying. As someone who usually avoids the YA genre, this was a wonderful read. I loved the premise and the execution didn't disappoint. I feel like I was down in Ember, I could see it so clearly in my head.
Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2010-06-18
Summary: "A Good Solid and Simple Read, Esp. For Low-Average Readers"
I bought this book at a writing conference in which the author was giving a talk. I enjoyed her lecture and discussion on plot writing. Which of course, it does have the strength of a good, basic simple plot.
This is a good solid, simple story told in a good narrative. The characters do eventually become compelling enough to draw you through the book, and the cliffhanging ending was not too surprising.
The dialogue is almost like reading a "Leave It To Beaver" episode. But then it could be argued that the people have ended up speaking the way they do because of the time spent in the city. They've been so isolated, they've turned simplistic.
It does answer the question, what if the world ends? Would there be a contingent plan to keep the human race going? And what if they forget or aren't told that they were the contingent plan? And of course, all things go wrong with the plan.
I could see my low to average readers enjoying this book. But the simple dialogue and plot might bore a Gate or Advanced student. There just aren't too many surprises and twists. There isn't much of a mental challenge to reading it. It's a straight forward read. But children love a good story, and that is surely what it is, a simply told story.