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| Book #90 of 2010 |
| Title: City of Ember |
| Author: Jeanne DuPrau |
| Publisher: Random House Books for Children |
| Pub Date: May 13, 2003 |
| Grade: B+ |
| Comments: Twelve year olds Lina and Doon are given their assignments for their careers and after trading, Lina is a Messenger and Doon works in the Pipeworks. Doon is particularly concerned with the fact that the lights that power their city keep flickering, and wants to find a way to fix the generator. When Lina delivers messages she begins to notice some strange things around their city such as people bootlegging precious commodities and people generally feeling worried. When Lina discovers a message from the past, she and Doon decode it and realize that they need to leave the city in order to save it. Will they make it out in time?
This was a cute beginning to the quartet. The more I thought about it, the whole city really bothered me, particularly how hapharzardly everything was set up (You pick your career out of a hat? And why all the to-do if it doesn’t even matter if you switch?). But Lina and Doon were sweet and adventurous and I am curious as to how it all turned out, though I’m not sure I’m patient enough to read three more books to find out. |
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