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The city of Ember

Author: Jeanne DuPrau
Publisher: New York : Random House, ©2003.
Edition/Format: Book : Elementary and junior high school : Fiction : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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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.
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Genre/Form: Science fiction.
Material Type: Elementary and junior high school, Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jeanne DuPrau
ISBN: 0375822739 9780375822735 0375922741 9780375922749 0375822747 9780375822742 0756933951 9780756933951
OCLC Number: 50166630
Description: 270 p. ; 22 cm.
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.
Responsibility: Jeanne DuPrau.
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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.

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