The
City of Ember, Jeanne
Duprau (3)
This is
the first in a four-part young adult series. The story is quite unique: a
society whose days and nights are entirely determined by electricity (i.e. no sun).
The story follows two pre-teens as they begin to realize that their city is in
trouble as the lights start to go off randomly.
They also come to realize that the seemingly never-ending amount of food
and supplies is dwindling. While no one has
ever left the city for the dark unknown, we follow the two as they try to find
a solution to the current problem. Compared to others in the young adult
classification, I would say this is written quite simply and would be
appropriate for relatively young readers (unlike ‘Hunger Games’), but the
concept is thought provoking and interesting for adults too.
Unfortunately the second book is a pale version compared to the first and I
cannot recommend it.
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