The City of Ember
Télécharger The City of Ember PDF - 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 darknessBut 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 themIt 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 pitchblack 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 shelvesand 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 failsp Twelveyearold Doon Harrow and Lina Mayfleet seem to be the only people who are worried They have just been assigned their life jobsLina 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 IPatty CampbellIMany 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 darknessBut 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
Details of The City of Ember
| Book's Title | The City of Ember |
| Author | Jeanne DuPrau |
| Category | Children's Books |
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| Customer's Rating | 3.9 stars of 5 from 250 Readers |
| Filename | the-city-of-ember.pdf |
| Filesize | 19.03 MB (current server's speed is 22.91 Mbps |
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