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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. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
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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