Hey, guys!
I haven't read this book in a while, but for right now it's all I have up my sleeve. I don't think I've read it since high school . . . maybe not even since middle school.
Anyway, I'm talking about The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. Like I said, it's been a while, so if I apologize if I'm a little vague on the details. I'm almost done with another book for my World Literature class, so that review will probably be available next week.
I hate that the reviews I've been posting lately aren't really up to par with what I usually write, but school comes first, so I can't really read for fun. I try my best though, and I appreciate the fact that you guys bear with me on this.
So anyway, a review of The City of Ember. This is a post-apocalyptic novel. After some kind of disaster (I'm not telling), a city was designed for humans to survive for about two hundred years.
The mayors of the city have been passing a box down the line, contents unknown. One mayor tries to break it open, believing it contains a cure to an illness that infects the citizens. After failing to open the box, the mayor dies without telling anyone else about the box or its importance.
Two hundred years after the city was built, the box opens. And nobody's around to know about it.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster, huh? Well it is. Because in the year 241, supplies are running low and the generator that powers the whole city (including all the light bulbs that keep the city out of darkness) is about ready to shut off for good.
Now, when kids graduate from school, they are assigned jobs. Lina, a fast girl who loves to run, is assigned to work in the bowels of the city fixing pipes. Doon, a total tinkerer, is assigned to be messenger for the city.
The two of them switch jobs so that they're both happy.
Lina lives at home with her grandmother and baby sister, whom she finds chewing on bits of paper she found in a box. Can you guess which box?
So now Lina and Doon try their best to decipher the letter that came from the box, discovering clues that may help save the city.
Will the city's power finally die out before Lina and Doon figure out what the letter is all about? Will anybody fight them in their quest for the unknown? What is written in the letter? How can it save them?
I only remember a little bit, so I won't tell you and confuse you by getting it completely wrong. Read it for yourself. Maybe I'll read it again one day to remember what happens . . .
Anyway, I reserve judgement on this book, since I don't remember a whole lot of it. I do remember liking it though. The movie was good too, but I don't remember it being better than the book.
Like I said, if I got any details wrong or if I left any major plot points out, I apologize. Give the book a chance. I hope you enjoyed this review. Check back in tomorrow for another writing exercise.
Happy reading!!
I haven't read this book in a while, but for right now it's all I have up my sleeve. I don't think I've read it since high school . . . maybe not even since middle school.
Anyway, I'm talking about The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. Like I said, it's been a while, so if I apologize if I'm a little vague on the details. I'm almost done with another book for my World Literature class, so that review will probably be available next week.
I hate that the reviews I've been posting lately aren't really up to par with what I usually write, but school comes first, so I can't really read for fun. I try my best though, and I appreciate the fact that you guys bear with me on this.
So anyway, a review of The City of Ember. This is a post-apocalyptic novel. After some kind of disaster (I'm not telling), a city was designed for humans to survive for about two hundred years.
The mayors of the city have been passing a box down the line, contents unknown. One mayor tries to break it open, believing it contains a cure to an illness that infects the citizens. After failing to open the box, the mayor dies without telling anyone else about the box or its importance.
Two hundred years after the city was built, the box opens. And nobody's around to know about it.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster, huh? Well it is. Because in the year 241, supplies are running low and the generator that powers the whole city (including all the light bulbs that keep the city out of darkness) is about ready to shut off for good.
Now, when kids graduate from school, they are assigned jobs. Lina, a fast girl who loves to run, is assigned to work in the bowels of the city fixing pipes. Doon, a total tinkerer, is assigned to be messenger for the city.
The two of them switch jobs so that they're both happy.
Lina lives at home with her grandmother and baby sister, whom she finds chewing on bits of paper she found in a box. Can you guess which box?
So now Lina and Doon try their best to decipher the letter that came from the box, discovering clues that may help save the city.
Will the city's power finally die out before Lina and Doon figure out what the letter is all about? Will anybody fight them in their quest for the unknown? What is written in the letter? How can it save them?
I only remember a little bit, so I won't tell you and confuse you by getting it completely wrong. Read it for yourself. Maybe I'll read it again one day to remember what happens . . .
Anyway, I reserve judgement on this book, since I don't remember a whole lot of it. I do remember liking it though. The movie was good too, but I don't remember it being better than the book.
Like I said, if I got any details wrong or if I left any major plot points out, I apologize. Give the book a chance. I hope you enjoyed this review. Check back in tomorrow for another writing exercise.
Happy reading!!
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