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Author:

DuPrau, Jeanne.

Title:

The City of Ember / Jeanne DuPrau.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

270 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Fantasy.
Science fiction.
Fantasy fiction--Juvenile fiction.
Occupations--Juvenile fiction.

Contents:

Assignment day -- A message to the mayor -- Under Ember -- Something lost, nothing found -- On night street -- The box in the closet -- A message full of holes -- Explorations -- The door in the roped-off tunnel -- Blue sky and goodbye -- Lizzie's groceries -- A dreadful discovery -- Deciphering the message -- The way out -- A desperate run -- The singing -- Away -- Where the river goes -- A world of light -- The last message.

Summary:

In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.

Series:

[The first book of Ember]
DuPrau, Jeanne. Ember ; 1st bk.

ISBN:

9780756933951
0756933951
9780375822742 (pbk.)
0375822747 (pbk.)
9780375922749 (lib. bdg.)
0375922741 (lib. bdg.)
9780375822735
0375822739

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50166630

LCCN:

2002010239

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