The City of Ember

Locations
Call Number: Teen BOCD Fiction / DuPrau, Jeanne, Teen BOCD / Fiction / Dystopian / DuPrau, Jeanne
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Teen BOCD Fiction / DuPrau, Jeanne	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Teen BOCD Fiction / DuPrau, Jeanne	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Teen A/V 4-week checkout	Teen BOCD / Fiction / Dystopian / DuPrau, Jeanne	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Compact discs.
Read by Wendy Dillon.
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.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Intriguing setting submitted by camelsamba on July 12, 2011, 9:18am My family listened to this on a recent vacation. Concerning the book on CD: the narrator is not one of the best - her voices seem a bit amateurish as times. There are some ambient noises, and they were mostly effective, although I'm not sure they were strictly necessary. Perhaps they are added because this is a children's book? Who knows.

The story was engaging and intriguing, although aspects of the plot are predictable. I was a bit annoyed about Poppy - I felt there should be more of her, or none at all. I didn't really see the point of her character, especially near the end, but I suspect she is more important in the subsequent books. We were intrigued by the descriptions of things people in the City of Ember didn't know about. For example, when Doon is reading the book of sayings: "Hogwash: means nonsense. What a hog is, or why it would need to be washed, is not known." And all the things they experience at the end. There are so many things in the world that I have not directly experienced, but I learn about them through language or images. What is there that would seem so exotic to me? Would an unfamiliar culture feel that strange, since I can read about it ahead of time?

Use your big girl voice submitted by ferdoble on July 31, 2011, 9:38pm This book was a little bit hart to get through at time. I felt myself wanting to say, "Use your big girl voice". At the same time the story was intriguing and despite being pulled out by the writing every now and then, I had no trouble plunging back in.

Great book submitted by catlover123 on July 25, 2012, 9:07am I love this book! It's really good. I think you should read it or listen to it.

:) submitted by waffoo2 on August 11, 2013, 7:18pm I love this book. It is so cool and the movie did NOT give it justice!

Good listen submitted by srclark734 on July 9, 2014, 8:19pm I love listening to books on cd. You should listen to all of these. This is my second time listening to them to share them with my fiance