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May 2013
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The Books of Ember Series
By Jeanne DuPrau (Random House) ====     ====

In this riveting science fiction series of four novels, Jeanne DuPrau relates the tale of the people of Ember, a great underground city designed as a last refuge of the human race. The story of Nickie and her aunt whose vision predicts the devastating war that destroys the world they know is told in the prequel, //The Prophet of Yonwood// (2006) When the storerooms of Ember run out of food and the lights and generator begin to fail, Lina and Doon have to decipher an ancient map and find a way out. (//The City of Ember//, 2003) They lead their people through an unfamiliar surface world of colour and light, and find help and shelter in the village of Sparks. (//The People of// //Sparks//, 2004) Lina and Doon return to Ember to retrieve a mysterious technological device from before the Disaster, which will change the lives of the survivors above ground. (//The Diamond of Darkhold//, 2008)

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In 2008, //The City of Ember// was made into a motion picture starring Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Martin Landau, Saoirse Ronan, and Harry Treadaway, now available on DVD.

View a trailer of the film at []

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