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... Girl, but much more literary. funny but also about serious issues pertinent even to teens. some good possibilities: City of Ember: good coming of age, distopian novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories: a must read for everyone who likes stories Farenheit 451: a must must must read. ...

... Coraline · Natalie Babbitt – Tuck Everlasting · Philippa Pearce – Tom’s Midnight Garden · Jeanne DuPrau – The City of Ember · Christopher Paul Curtis – Bud, Not Buddy · Katherine Paterson & Donna Diamond – Bridge to Terabuthia · Nora Raleigh Baskin – Anything Bu ...

I enjoyed The City of Ember and The People of Sparks. I think the prequel is going to have to go onto my wish list.

... A few things kind of fun: People of Sparks and The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne DuPrau Sequel and prequel to The City of Ember, Sparks follows the adventures of the Emberites who have emerged from their underground world into the world above and their struggles to be accepted. Yon ...

City of Ember?

... New World Non-Fiction: The Genius Factory (sperm bank where the donors are Nobel laureates) March Fiction: The City of Ember Non-Fiction: Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea April Fiction: no noteworthy fiction Non-Fiction: Race Against Time (AIDS etc.)

I teach sixth grade and my students love these books: The City of Ember Maniac Magee (and almost anything by Jerry Spinelli) The Egypt Game Seedfolks Rescue Josh McGuire

... Archimedes Codex 23. The Goose Girl 24. Enna Burning 25. The City of Ember 26. The People of Sparks 27. The Prophet of Yonwood 28. The Diamond of Darkhold ...

... Jones March 14. The Planets 15. New York's 50 Best Bookstores for Book Lovers 16. The Goose Girl 17. The City of Ember 18. The People of Sparks 19. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 20. Kissing the Witch April 21. Race Against Time (Massey Lecture ...

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Reviewed earlier this year by fannyprice, this is a young-adult, alternate history/dystopia. Ember’s lights are failing, threatening to plunge the city into eternal darkness. For as dark as ...

... I found on tututhefirst's thread, The Scarecrow and His Servant and it is a delightful children's adventure story. City of Ember is another children's/young teen book that I've discovered on threads in this group. It's an extremely fast read, and it was fun to stay with the characters. E ...

... but... you'll understand when you read it. I'll be back to see what you think!!! :) I'm also glad to hear you enjoyed City of Ember. It's been on my shelf for *ages*, but I simply haven't had the time to pick it. I wasn't sure it would be worth the time, but it's good to hear someone else ...

... time, however, it was a fascinating study in the inner workings of getting England into full-scale war against Hitler. The City of Ember by Jeanne DePrau was discovered on shewhowearsred’s thread, and, *sigh*, I will now be reading yet another series! This YA novel set in a city which is ...

I finished The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau a couple of weeks ago and started Shadowmarch by Tad Williams last weekend.

... Grimm by Jonathan Vankin and 50 artists Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Five Days in London, May 1940 by John Lukacs The City of Ember by Jeanne DePrau The Life of Insects by Viktor Pelevin The Death of Achilles by Boris Akunin Reviews to follow. . . .

... Lora Leigh Enchantment by Orson Scott Card Awakening by K. Lippi Dream Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Broken by Kelley Armstrong I think this brings me up to 86 so far this year. I'll have to check my total here against my tally ...

... King's Men. Started Shadowmarch by Tad Williams, The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde, Rising Tide by John Barry, and The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. I can't figure out what I want to read in case you can't tell :).

Along with a couple other books I've started City of Ember. I had always intended to read the book before seeing the movie but it didn't work out that way. Still, I'm really enjoying the book anyway.

... the past books to understand this one. I also continue to make my very slow way through Bio of an Ogre and I picked up City of Ember as well to start. Not sure exactly what I'll stick with.

I'm almost finished The City Of Ember. I'm not a big science fiction fan but I am really enjoying it!

... Chaser by Sherrilyn Kenyon Briar Rose by Jane Yolen (my Go Review That Book! group pick I've been putting off) City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau What I Meant by Marie Lamba Skin Game by Max Allen Collins

... want to introduce something new. The hardest thing is to pick a book that both boys and girls would like. Last year we read City of Ember and The Great Good Thing. Each group had about 15 kids and only one or two dropped out for the second week. We had fun, and I felt it was successful for the ...

The YA title City of Ember was quite good, but the series got progressively worse. I stopped after the second one.

... and only have a very loose idea of my next four after: Awakening by K. Lippi What I Meant by Marie Lamba City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Upon a Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon This could change at any moment.

I started this thread after only reading The City of Ember, then I commented again after reading the other three books. Now that I've had some time to think back over what I read, I'd like to clarify my comments a bit. Just my thoughts, feel free to ignore. :) The City of Ember - I really ...

I read The City of Ember a few years ago and really enjoyed it. The People of Sparks wasn't nearly as compelling for me, so I never continued.

Well, I made it through the other three books, but everyone here was right. None of them were as good as the The City of Ember. In fact, all the story lines seemed very similar. It was like same thing kept happening over again in all the books. The last two (The Prophet of Yonwood and The D ...

Has anyone else read The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau? I just finished it yesterday. I enjoyed it, but there were some parts of the plot that just seemed too convenient. Sometimes time seemed to jump ahead a bit too. I'd be reading and think, "Wait, it's already the next week?" Still, I ...

... or (m) for mystery. I'm up to 65 books for the year. My rating (1)hate – (5) Love it!! Duprau, Jeanne (SF) The City of Ember 4 Gaiman, Neil (F) The Sandman: Fables and Reflections 3 Hart, Carolyn G. (M) Death on Demand 3 James, Henry (fic) The Turn of the Scre ...

134. The Perfect Family by Carla Cassidy 135. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

... -- Spec fic 48. The Dream Thief by Shana Abe -- Spec fic 49. Strange Bedpersons by Jennifer Crusie -- Romance 50. City of Ember by Jeanne du Prau -- Spec fic --------- Crime/Mystery: 18 Spec fic: 24 Chick lit/Romance: 8

... Hodgson Burnett Coraline by Neil Gaiman Bunnicula by Deborah Howe The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau The Giver by Lois Lowry Harry Potter by JK Rowling Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie His Dark Materials by Philip Pu ...

(40) The City of Ember: The First Book of Ember - Jeanne DuPrau A fairly good young adult dystopia/post-apocalypse story about two children who live in a decaying city surrounded by ...

... Jenna Fox (Mary E. Pearson) 2 - The Bar Code Tattoo (Suzanne Weyn) 2 - Citizen of the Galaxy (Robert Heinlein) 2 - City of Ember (Jeanne DuPrau) 2 - D.A. (Connie Willis) 2 - The Delikon (H. M. Hoover) 2 - Double Identity (Margaret Peterson Haddix) 2 - The Ear, the Eye, and ...

... I've not read it, and couldn't find a description. Here is how I come across that title: Your comments remind me a bit of The City of Ember, but not everything matches, so I did a google search on 'devil book like the city of ember'. Devil's Children came up, and it is futuristic but that's ...

... ( Madeline L’Engle) 2 - The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Mary E. Pearson) 2 - The Bar Code Tattoo (Suzanne Weyn) 2 - City of Ember (Jeanne DuPrau) 2 - The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (Nancy Farmer) 2 - The Delikon (H. M. Hoover) 2 - The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) 2 - Uglies ...

... Scott Card) 5 - Jumper (Steven C. Gould) 4 - The Giver (Lois Lowry) 3 - Childhood's End (Arthur C. Clarke) 2 - City of Ember (Jeanne DuPrau) 2 - The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (Nancy Farmer) 2 - The Delikon (H. M. Hoover) 2 - The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) 2 - The Wh ...

... in the field, but still just as readable and pertinent today: Sylvia Engdahl's Enchantress from the Stars City of Ember is a rip-off of This Time of Darkness by H. M. Hoover. She wrote an impressive selection of YA SF over several decades. Children of Morrow (1973) T ...

I second or third The Hunger Games, The Giver, Childhood's End, City of Ember and also recommend: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'engle Jumper by Steven Gould Wind Singer by William Nicholson

... Anyway! I'd list the following: The Giver - Lois Lowry Fade - Lisa McMann Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card City of Ember - Jeanne DuPrau Uglies - Scott Westerfield The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

Made Into Movies 1. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (1/7) 4.5 stars 2. City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (1/10) 4.5 stars 3. Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (1/29) 3.5 stars 4. Eragon by Christopher Paolini (4/25) 3 stars 5. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (5/14) ...

... can read many more. i get the feeling they are going to get really repetitive. - The People of Sparks wasn't as good as City of Ember but it was interesting. it just kinda felt like the strength of DuPrau's narrative didn't hold up as much in this second book. - i really didn't care for The ...

... Room by Lemony Snicket 2. Running with Scissors by Augeusten Burroughs 3. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 4. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 5. Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters 6. The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters 7. The Snake, the Crocodile, and ...

Having finished it this evening, I will officially add City of Ember (Jeanne DuPrau) to my rec list. Also, in case it hasn't been clear in previous posts (more discussiony than list-y): Uglies by Scott Westerfield The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Wake by Lisa McMann I will also ...

I have no comment on nekkidness. However, I can report that City of Ember is quite delightful for YA Sci Fi. Hooray!

... the least bit ashamed!) to announce that I very much liked Starship Troopers and have slid it back onto the shelf to start City of Ember, which I have been looking forward to for ages. As for the book and the movie, I've got to say that they're pretty close to apples and oranges. Outside of ...

... perhaps I can get it done in time to rec it for this list if I think it's good. Come to think of it, the same goes for City of Ember (also not a rec for counting!), which has been a-buzz in the YA world for a bit. I have it in my bag and will try to zip through it before the deadline to see ...

So far this month I've read The Graveyard Book, which I enjoyed, and The Prophet of Yonwood (the third book in the City of Ember series), which I thought was terrible.

I read Breaking Dawn and finished it on Saturday. I'm starting The Strain today and am bringing The City of Ember to work. Edited for a dead touchstone. Edited for unreviveable (invented a word, says spell check) dead touchstone.

... often the books could slip into any of them. The replacement category is YA fiction - and I've read 2 in the last two days! The City of Ember and Witch Child both good reads

I loved both The City of Ember and The People of Sparks, but hated The Prophet of Yonwood. The main character was way too annoying, and all the random elements in the story didn't come together at the end, they just became even more random.

i really enjoyed City of Ember, the book, so i was a little afraid to watch the movie last night. but i actually enjoyed it a lot. there were a few things i thought it was pointless to have changed from the book, but it was a really good companion to the book. another couple of movies that are ...

It's a bit of a close call on the third one, but I'm going to go with: The City of Ember The People of Sparks The Goose Girl Do we have a thread for best books of the quarter?

19. City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 21. People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau I've seen this book at my public library for years and have never picked it up. Then I found out that it was being made into a movie, watched the trailer, and decided to get it a go. As you can probably tell, I've been ...

... The Planets Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea Fantasy 3/9 Dystopia or Post-Apocalyptic 3/9 The City of Ember The People of Sparks Children's and YA Fiction 3/9 Arabian Nights 0/9 Fairies and Fairy Tales 2/9 The Goose Girl Kiss ...

... month. My top reads for the quarter are: The Secret Magdalene (5 stars) 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa (4.5 stars) The City of Ember (4.5 stars) The People of Sparks (4.5 stars) Sirena (4.5 stars)

I am in the City of Ember. Interesting place.

... ld Elemental Magic by Sharon Shinn, Rebecca York, Carol Berg, Jean Johnson Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau The Eyre Affair by by Jasper Fforde Shadowmarch by Tad Williams Th ...

... really do love these. They aren't high pillars of literary greatness, but they are entertaining and funny and addicting! City of Ember was good, but I didn't love the other two that I've read in that series. Leah *Slumdog Millionaire: I changed this to the original title since that ...

... Room by Lemony Snicket 2. Running with Scissors by Augeusten Burroughs 3. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh 4. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 5. Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters 6. The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters 7. The Snake, the Crocodile, and ...

... died. Last week there were noises in the wall. Now the lights keep flickering on and off. I feel like I'm living in the City of Ember! I usually spend my spring break at home, but maybe it is a really good thing to get away for a few days next week. Tomorrow is the last day of school and ...

... i want to start them, but i'm not convinced yet. the latest young adult lits series that i've gotten into, Inkworld and Books of Ember have been a bit hit or miss, which i'm sure has something to do with it.

... Cove by Christopher Moore Wicked by Gregory Maguire Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis Inkworld by Cornelia Funke Books of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau I'm always looking for new series to get interested in, so if anyone has any suggestions please feel free to share them!

City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau I've seen this book at my public library for years and have never picked it up. Then I found out that it was being made into a movie, watched the trailer, and decided to get it a go. As you can probably tell, I've been very addicted to futuristic dystopian lit ...

I know this response is a bit late, but I just watched City of Ember with my family over the weekend (via Netflix). I really enjoyed the movie and the book continues to languish in my tbr pile so I'm unable to do a comparison at this time. I hope to get to it soon.

I finished The City of Ember last night. Am tossing up whether or not I should read The People of Sparks next or finish Love, Stargirl which I am currently a third of the way through.

Zoe, do you plan on watching the film for City of Ember now that you've read the book? I'm trying to decide which one to go for first... I have the book here, waiting to be read (and I typically have a read-the-book-first policy), but I've heard the film is "not bad", which suggests to me that I ...

Looking forward to trying to get hold of The City of Ember, sounds like just the kind of thing I would enjoy. Thanks for the review.

... not have enjoyed The Goose Girl as much if I had read the author's best book first. Nikki, I can see how the ending of The City of Ember could seem rushed, but it somehow didn't really bother me--maybe because I was just about as interested in the concept of the city and general life there ...

If you enjoy the type of post-apocalyptic stories like The City of Ember, I'd like to recommend some excellent YA classics. H. M. Hoover Children of Morrow Treasures of Morrow Wilanne Schneider Belden MindHold Mi ...

I really enjoyed City of Ember too, though I thought the ending was rushed. Glad you liked The People of Sparks-- haven't read it, but I intend to!

... more books since I last updated, The Goose Girl for my fairy tales category (the first one in that category, yay!) and The City of Ember and The People of Sparks in Dystopia/Post-Apocalyptic. I'm pretty happy with my progress so far: I think I'm just about on track to finish 81 books by ...

Finished books 17 and 18, The City of Ember and The People of Sparks. I think it's a good sign when I want to read the sequel immediately after finishing a book, rather than coming to LT to record it... and fortunately, there are two more books in this series! Needless to say, I loved these ...

... dvd on ebay. It didn't look like a bootleg... Last night I actually got the whole family to sit down and watch City of Ember with me. I'd been hoping to read the book first but Netflix beat me to it. I think we all enjoyed it, although my husband said he didn't really like the ...

... and a few pages of the sequel Enna Burning, but somehow didn't feel like continuing that right now. So I've started City of Ember too, and am enjoying it so far! I also plan to finish my reread of The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening and the Struggle this month.

... M or F? and Extras. I'm about to start Fade, the follow up to Lisa McMann's Wake. Oh, and I just ordered City of Ember. It should arrive in the next few days. :-)

I am also reading graceling I have only heard good things so far. I love city of ember I remember getting my ARC through, it's such a great series. I bought the film on the weekend and it loves up to my standards. My husband has now started to read it. The rest of the books are fab too.

... Kristin Cashore, which is taking me a while to get through, not sure why because the story is great. I'm also reading City of Ember and I was so tempted to buy the movie even though I haven't seen it. So far, I'm really enjoying the book.

I've given up on keeping a list of the books that were on the list and are now read. It's not really worth the effort.

... are age appropriate and yet hold her interest. She has read all the Harry Potter and His Dark Materials. She enjoyed the City of Ember series and the Pendragon series by D.J. Machale. She's read the Twilight books too, but nobody's perfect. She made it through the Hobbit, but never finished ...

#14 I am glad you loved City of Ember, I haven't seen the movie yet but I hear its supposed to be pretty good. I have read The People of Sparks but it has been awhile. My mom suggested I read The Giver since I had read Gathering Blue and I didn't even know it was part of a trilogy. G ...

9. City of Ember, by Jeanne DuPrau The City of Ember is a dystopic city set hundreds of years into the future, where, presumably, the human race has so effectively destroyed the ...

cmt, I would be interested to see what you think of Five Quarters of an Orange. It sounds interesting! As for disturbing books, I agree. Perfume fits the bill. The writing was gorgeous... in a creepy, unsettling way. Interestingly two of the books that I've already read this year (Blindness ...

... I'm ignoring them. I'm not, I'm just taking longer than I thought reviewing the books! Catey (and ronincats), I loved City of Ember too! I read it because I didn't want to watch the movie without first reading the book. I fell in love with it and really want to pick up the next few books ...

... as Seeing Redd--I've read neither of these, although I have an earlier book by each author in the TBR pile. I have read City of Ember, The Giver, and Magyk, and much preferred the latter. I've liked that whole series. What did you think?

Welcome She Who Wears Red, I loved City of Ember, how did you like it? I also plan on read Graceling and The Giver this year. I've heard good things about them. Catey

Hi all, I'm new to the group and quietly adding my own little list to the bunch. I have never successfully kept track of how many books I've read throughout the year, so I don't really know how many to shoot for. But 75 seems as good a starting point as any! Here are the books I've read so far. I ...

6. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau This was a fun, very quick read. Now 4 out of my 6 books this year have been dystopians. The next one on the list is also a dystopian - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. So far I am doing really well with my goal of reading 40 in a year, because I ...

... out the kids books and say they want to see what the kids are reading. I try to steer them toward Diary of a Wimpy Kid or City of Ember, but they don't believe me. :) The Graveyard Book Is actually shelved in our YA section, as is Twilight and City of Ember. YA books are doing very ...

It seems like anything that has been made into a movie recently is popular with our younger patrons. City of Ember, The Tale of Despereaux, Coraline, The Spiderwick Chronicles, even the Twilight books didn't start getting very popular around here until the first film was announced. The ...

City of Ember is currently hot with my 12 year old daughter's set. I'm not sure if it's part of a series, but I know there is at least one other book.

... series. It's one I've been wanting to read for a while and you just reminded me to put it back on the list. I read The City of Ember last last year which is another great dystopian read for the young adult set. Haven't seen the movie version yet but the trailer looked interesting.

... Fearless Fourteen and Fan Mail Today he is having his operation so I am taking The Tales of Beedle the Bard and The City of Ember And if I finish those - then I have my Nintendo DS and my i-pod. There is also a library there for the use of patients and relatives so may even ditch ...

... of the Traveling Pants Jane Eyre Angels and Demons The Secret Garden Girl with a Pearl Earring Matilda The City of Ember Coraline Zodiac Ordinary People The Outsiders The Mist A Wrinkle in Time Ella Enchanted Many of the Narnia books The Golden Compass ...

... am a GROWN MAN (pause for embarrassed silence)...I am a fan of YA and teen fiction, so I may have some good suggestions: Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke the new Peter Pan books by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson May Bird series by Jodi Lynn An ...

... Vol 1 Heart of a Spider by Fiona Avery 18. Dark History of the Kings and Queens of Europe by Brenda Lewis March 19. City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 20. Graceling by Kirsten Cashore 21. People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau 22.Hitler's Youth by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 23. Last Lig ...

I finished City of Ember last night and really liked it. After hearing from others, I am not sure if I will read the sequel. The characters may just have to live happily ever after in my mind. After hearing about it here, I am reading Harry, A History. So far, so good.

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375822747.01._SX140_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> I loved City of Ember and couldn't put it down for the last third of the book. I am not sure if I will read the sequel, though. It has very mixed reviews on HE. I might just have ...

2. Books Made Into Movies 1. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella 2. City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Books weren't outlawed in The City of Ember, I am pretty sure. Also, the earth's surface was fine by the time of the story. They didn't even know it was up there.

... Archimedes Codex 23. The Goose Girl 24. Enna Burning 25. The City of Ember 26. The People of Sparks 27. The Prophet of Yonwood 28. The Diamond of Darkhold 29. ...

... Jones March 14. The Planets 15. New York's 50 Best Bookstores for Book Lovers 16. The Goose Girl 17. The City of Ember 18. The People of Sparks 19. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 20. Kissing the Witch April 21. Race Against Time (Massey Lecture ...

#256 — Try not to get too excited. City of Ember was fabulous, and I'd recommend it to anyone, but The People of Sparks just didn't do it for me. It just felt too political for my tastes, and not the good kind of political like The King of Attolia or Dune. I finished The Great Divorce ...

... that His Book so SM finishes writing it?? I'm reading Love In the Time Of Cholera and I just finished The City Of Ember which was really entertaining and I can't wait to get the next installment in the series.

I'm adding: City of Ember on here, since you guys haven't read it. It is better than Uglies, in my opinion :), hey, look --> when you do this ;), it looks like the smiley face as a lazy eye!!

... ides books on mythology books on the origins of Christmas vampire-esque books (e.g., Blood and Chocolate) Coraline City of Ember Charlie Bone and the Shadow Alice in Wonderland and many, many more.

... a way it is not true, I know LOTS of books that are relatively unknown but they are awesome!! Who wants to go see City of Ember? I read the triology and they are amazing but I heard the movie sucked.

... more literary) I bought: Bel Canto and In Persuasion Nation For my niece (my favorite person to shop for) I got: City of Ember, The Last Unicorn and Down the Rabbit Hole (I'd also picked up Airborn but it looked so interesting I decided I wanted to read it myself! I'm a ...

Books made into movies... 1. Stardust √ 2. Schindler’s List √ 3. City of Ember 4. Fight Club 5. Inkheart √ 6. The Last Templar 7. Tuck Everlasting 8. One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest 9. A Time to Kill

... es LT 75: The Book Thief VioletBramble: The Summer Sherman Loved Me MusicMom: Letter to Alice.... shewhowearsred: City of Ember shewhowearsred: Predictably Irrational mckait: Society of S mckait: The Tricking of Freya mckait: Skeletons at the Feast drneutron: Let the ...

Primary Challenge List I've created this from my 2008 list of books I didn't get to: City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Colin's Conquest by Lisa Renee Smith The Host by Stephenie Meyer Odd Thomas by Dean Koo ...

I'm reading The city of ember (well about to start it) and I'm also starting Do androids dream and I hope I can finish Flashback that for one reason or another I put it away :P

City of Ember

... 6. Sexy by Joyce Carol Oates 7. Gypsy Rizka by Lloyd Alexander 8. City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 9. City of Ashes by Cassandra Claire Books from the library (completed as I go along): 1.

... to caracas (my country's capital city...Venezuela...*cough* just mentioning it) last week and I bought Inkheart, Holes, The city of ember and Physik just because in my hometown is very difficult if not impossible to find books in English

... 5. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke 6. Candide by Voltaire 7. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card 8. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 9. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zavin 10. Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card

... read to read Jane Austin much less Gabaldon. I asked her what books she would recommend to someone her age and she said. City of Ember (which her whole class read before going to see the movie) and any of the "Dear America" books. Some kids at 13 are ready for the more mature books and some ...

... the Order of the Phoenix* 6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince* 7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows* 8. The City of Ember* by Jeanne DuPrau 9. The People of Sparks* by Jeanne DuPrau

... ** 4. Secrets of a Fire King, Kim Edwards 8. YA Fiction COMPLETE 1. The City of Ember, DuPrau 2. The Graveyard Book, Gaiman 3. Fun Home, Brecdel 4. Castle Waiting , ...

... by Rudy Rucker et al to Iowa Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction to Minnesota Swordspoint to Canada Other: City of Ember to my daughter in Missouri Tooth and Nail to my sister-in-law in Maine

... *Confetti* for your husband's job! Tell him congrats for us. :) #94 foggi: Good luck! :) Good news: I got a book (The City of Ember) in the mail today as well as a bonus and unexpected gift of book 2 in the series (The People of Sparks). I received a letter from someone asking if I ...

... The Fall of the Shell An Ambush of Shadows Among the Hidden The Declaration The City of Ember We Childhood Rereads Into the Land of the Unicorns Little House in the Big Woods The Indian in the Cupboard The Fairy ...

... Diaries: The Fury and Dark Reunion Once a Witch Dystopia or Post-Apocalyptic (9/9) Brave New World The City of Ember The People of Sparks Among the Hidden The Ends of the Circle Among the Impostors Among the Betrayed Among the Barons Little Brother ...

... makes a decent sandwich. #10-11 — I have said this on another thread, but I really didn't care for the first sequel to The City of Ember. I though that Ember was really good, one of my picks for book of the year when I read it, so I eagerly went to read The People of Sparks in the series ...

The City of Ember did that too. I'm not sure if the sequel is out. I'm pretty sure it is though. But I haven't gotten around to getting it yet.

I just started The Tears of the Salamander today because I finished The City of Ember.

I've already read Amulet of Samarkand, The City of Ember (finished it today), Grim Grotto, Deathly Hallows, and Heidi. I haven't read any of Dickinson yet... but I'll be starting Tears of the Salamander soon. I am in the middle of reading Beauty by his wife though.

Good News: I finished The City of Ember Bad News: My computer is being stupid. It isn't showing anything on the screen. I'm having to use my mom's computer currently.

I finished Breaking Dawn. Then today I started The City of Ember and got about halfway through.

Yesterday I went to 2 booksales =) Amulet of Samarkand Bridge to Terebithia The City of Ember Robin Hood Dragon Keeper Dragon Rider Grim Grotto Deathly Hallows (for $3!!) Heidi Jurassic Park Le Petit Prince The Lost World Rose Daughter The Tears of the Sala ...

My votes are for: City of Ember Everlost Un Lun Dun

This will be my first group read, how exciting. :) I vote for: Alanna Nick and Norah City of Ember

I voted for The Lightning Thief, City of Ember, and Alanna. For convenience, the complete list is The Lightning Thief City of Ember Alanna Nick and Norah Wide Awake Un Lun Dun The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Everlost Magic or Madness It's Kind of a Funn ...

I voted for: City of Ember Un Lun Dun It's a Funny Kind of Story #1: Just a thought: it might be useful for others if you could get all the touchstones working in the first post :)

I will finally be able to join in a group read! Yay! I will vote for Octavian Nothing, City of Ember, and The Lightning Thief.

Nick and Norah The Lightning Thief City of Ember

Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale and next up is Undine. City of Ember was good. Been on a fantasy/sci-fi/faerie tale kick lately. Might go back to mystery here soon.

... I love Pern, and have also enjoyed the Pegasus and the Talent series, but can't get into any others that I've tried. 17. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau ***1/2 Listened to this one in preparation for watching the movie. Interesting world where the things we take for granted are not even ...

Still reading Fellowship of the Ring and now listening to The Lightning Thief. Just finished City of Ember and am now working on Magic Thief.

... cted! Let's also include the runner-up from last time (I don't currently remember what it was....) Another suggestion: City of Ember. The movie is coming out soon, which tends to attract more interest in the discussion. I know this has been on one of our lists before, but I don't remember ...

Still reading Fellowship of the Ring and now listening to The Lightning Thief. Next up: City of Ember Magic Thief Ever Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants The Times of London Anthology of Detective Stories Vampire Kisses New Moon

... her before (alien relations, exploring a new world) but I did't find it very engaging this time. Next up to listen to is The City of Ember which I want to read before seeing the movie.

>76 sandragon - I also started reading The City of Ember due to seeing the movie trailer! I didn't even realize that it was the first in a series when I started reading it, but the other books are pretty good as well (although the first is definitely my favorite). The Name of the Wind has ...

Last week I tore through the entire Books of Ember series by Jeanne DuPrau, coincidentally in perfect timing to read The Diamond of Darkhold just as it was released! Next up is The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - I've finally reached the bursting point of all of my friends telling me ...

... far. I've also torn through The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (review here) and The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau (review here), both of which were excellent, and I can't believe I haven't read them before now. Next ...

... Levithan 2008OCT03 What Just Happened - Art Linson 2008OCT03 Body of Lies - David Ignatius 2008OCT10 City of Ember - Jeanne DuPrauv 2008OCT10 Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express, the Story of a Heisman Trophy Winner - Robert C. Gallagher 2008OCT10 All the Way - ...

... to a defineable plot, so it's making it a little slow going. After that I'll pick up one of my library books - either The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau or The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo.

... to a defineable plot, so it's making it a little slow going. After that I'll pick up one of my library books - either The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau or The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo

... in the first person, present tense. The story moves along quickly but it is a very unusual perspective. Also started City of Ember due to the interesting movie trailer I saw and Heroes Unwrapped which is a Linden Bay romance anthology.

I read Spirited Away over the weekend and started both City of Ember and Heroes Unwrapped. Not quite sure how to do the strike-throughs on my list, I can do bold and italic so I think all I need to know is the symbol or letter to put between the brackets. Any help is appreciated :-)

... in the season, but I'm hoping that it is flexible enough to allow late entries (please, please!) starting in August. City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Colin's Conquest by Lisa Renee Smith Heroes Unwrapped a Linden Bay Anthology The Host by Stephenie Meyer

... The Blood Runs Like a River Through my Dreams: a Memoir by Nasdijj Dream of the Walled City by Lisa Huang Fleischman City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Embers by Sandor Marai

... Hills' and am going to finish it this weekend darnit before starting something new. I almost gave in yesterday and started The City of Ember, which someone on LT was raving about and I just got in from the library.

... Okay, really now....I'm looking forward to going to Prince Edward Island, the release of Breaking Dawn (08/02), seeing The City of Ember (curiousity - I haven't read it yet), the release of 10th anniversary edition of Sorcerer's Stone, and seeing Half-Blood Prince (11/21) and Twilight ...

bell7, The City of Ember was recommended to me by a 10 year old boy I was assisting while working at the bookstore. He was so articulate and excited about it, that I bought the book immediately(and eventually, The People of Sparks also). I read SF occasionally anyway, although I don't normally ...

Specific books? or in general? Here's the last 7 I have in my reading list -- The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau -- because the movie looked good and I wanted to read the book first The Battle of the Labyrinth -- because it's in the Percy Jackson series. I put away the books in the ...

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Return to the City of White Donkeys by James Tate The Sunken City and other Tales From Round the World by James McNeill Stravaganza: City of Masks by Mary Hoffman Deadwood City by Edward Packard

Just finished The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. I was a little disappointed, I think because the movie preview looked so exciting (and told so much of the story!), but the way the book was written is much more descriptive and carefully constructed. Good in its own way, but not the story I was ...

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith The Mission song by John LeCarre Blind Alley by Iris Johansen Sleeping at the Starlite Motel by Bailey White A different sort of main street...

The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Review: The first book in a series of YA books. The book revolves around the two main characters of Lina Mayfleet and Doon H ...

Let me start with a series by Jeanne DuPrau The City of Ember was a pretty good book. It wasn't a great work of literature by any means, but it was enjoyable and had the suspense and mystery that really brought it together for me. I ended up with a real emotional investment in the ...

... day, imo. Would love to hear what you think of it, Medellia12. For a post-apocalyptic juvenile novel, I recommend The City of Ember and its sequel People of the Sparks. I don't think of it so much as dystopian though.

... or fabulist settings, they have an Australian feel about them. I hear she has another one coming out this year. . . btw, The City of Ember has a spunky, resourceful young girl as protagonist (with a boy sidekick).

Finished the following: The City of Ember for my Young Adult category Admit One for my non-fiction category and Death on the Nile for my mystery category reviews for all to come.....eventually

Thanks avaland I'll certainly track City of Ember down. It sounds great. Haven't yet had time for White Earth but it is coming up soon.

... Infinity in my TBR pile and a few others you have mentioned. I have also read many you have listed. Have you read The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau to your 8 year old? It and it's sequel is a great story. I'm always curious what passes for SF in juvenile and YA books these days, so I ...

#37 The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Review: coming soon #38 Admit One: a Journey Into Film by Emmett James Rating 4 our of 5 stars Review: Coming soon

Never in Anger Perhaps a "C." Ember I wrote a review about this one, it was alright. 18 total

... protagonists. Westerfeld's Uglies trilogy; Gwyneth Jones' Siberia, and for the slightly younger age, Jeanne Duprau's City of Ember. All also include male characters and the stories are compelling and thoughtful.

We already have City of Ember in our collection, and it is fairly popular. I have a copy of Surviving Antarctica: Reality TV 2083 in my personal classroom library and I have read it aloud to my class. What a fantastic novel! I hadn't thought of recommending it though; that's a good ...

Children's/Young Adult 1. Marked by P.C. Cast 2. The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau 3. Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr 4. Alive and Well in Prague, New York by Daphne Garb 5. Twilight by ...

City of Ember and its sequel People of the Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau would fall in the 4th - 6th grade level. It's a fabulous post-apocalyptic story. The second book in particular opens up discussion on immigration, the sharing of resources, working together...etc. Ender's Game is usually ...

... buy gifts for. I love picking out kids books): The Westing Game - I wish I'd read this as a kid. It sounds great! The City of Ember The Tale of Despereaux Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective - I loved this series as a kid.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan City of Ember 13 Little Blue Envelopes

My choices are City of Ember, 13 Blue Little Envelopes and The Tenth Circle

I voted for: Looking Glass Wars City of Ember Snowflower and the Secret Fan

I voted for Hattie Big Sky City of Ember Snow flower and the Secret Fan

... Vote for January's Book!! Your choices are... Snowflower and the Secret Fan City of Ember Keys to the Kingdom 13 Little Blue Envelopes A Certain Slant of Light The Tenth Circle Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Hattie Big Sky Lo ...

Maybe City of Ember? It's been suggested a couple of times but never actually made it onto a voting list. It's children's, but should appeal to YA--I figure if I want to read it, it can't be too young!

34) The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau - Geared for ages 9 and above, the story is centered around 12 year old Lina and Doon. For generations, the citizens of Ember have lived in a dark city lit by well placed light bulbs. They've never known anything else. But now the lights are starting to ...

... On the Beach by Nevil Shute Earth Abides by George R Stewart City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Where late the sweet birds sang by Kate Wilhelm A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M Miller, Jr The Book of Dave by Will Self ...

... I can answer to: speculative fiction (an arm of the sci-fi octopus if you've never heard of it) Fahrenheit 451 adult and City of Ember Uglies for YA; also revelationary essays on wilderness as it pertains to the heart of humyns (yes, the "y" is purposeful) Robin Wall Kimmerer Ed Abbey ...

... husband, and her determination to help other prisoners however she could, even with the bad situation she was in. #135: The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau After all the dark stuff I've been reading lately, I decided to pick up a middle-grade book to give me something lighter to read. Come ...

Here Are some Good Books Down The rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery The City of Ember The Haunting Of Alaizabel Cray And Then There Were none

Here are some books that I think are great Faerie Wars The City Of Ember Down The Rabbit Hole And Then There Were None

Hey I'm 13 turning 14 on June 25(tomarrow). My favorite books are: Bleach by Tite Kubo (manga book) The City of Ember by DuPrau, Jeanne A great and terrible beauty and Rebel Angels by Libba Bray Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling Twilight and new moon by stephenie Me ...

... recommend anything to do with WWII. I really like fiction or YA novels, and expecially if it's a futurist/past theme like The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau which is very deep if you have read it a million times (like me, but i've ony read it 17 times so far!). i like Jeanne DuPrau ...

The City of Ember is very good. It's a quick, easy read.

... Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a very good young-adult book. I haven't read it myself, but my husband highly recommends The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau--also YA.

... of China "Apokalipsa wedlug Pana Jana" by Robert J. Szmidt "Children of the Dust" by Louise Lawrence "The City of Ember" and its sequel, "The People of Sparks", and prequel, "The Prophet of Yonwood", by Jeanne DuPrau. "Damnation Alley" by Roger Zelazny. " ...

... bioethical issues? Two of the most interesting SF novels to present immigration issues, are the juvenile books The City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau and it's sequel. The setting is a future, post-apocaplytic US and it is in the sequel The People of Sparks that immigration and its ...

... Try a YA or juvenile book on audio; I'd recommend the Philip Pullman trilogy, The Thief Lord, Tale of Despereaux or The City of Ember and its sequel. I don't read YA regularly, but occasionally, I find it a wonderful switch.

... You Did What?: Mad Plans and Great Historical Disasters, as well as a number of magazines. In the upstairs bathroom, it's The City of Ember and the appropriately named How to Be Alone, as well as a number of magazines.

... emphasize on the third installment; Ptolemy's Gate. 2. Artemis Fowl, specially the last episode, The Lost Colony 3. City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau 4. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince 5. Howl's Moving Castle

... a word) ideas in the books. Better still, are two juvenile chapter books (4th - 6th grade); post-apocalyptic also, City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau and its sequel (the name escapes me for the moment). I don't want to give out any spoilers but between the two books, which I listened to on ...

... for 2006? My best would be The History of Love with The Thirteenth Tale as a close 2nd. Best children's would be the City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau and its sequel. Well worth listening to for adults. Worst: I'm going to have to get better at logging what audiobooks I listen to. Due ...

... 2006, or books published and read in 2006. Here's my list to get us started: A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Petey by Ben Mikaelsen Just Listen by Sarah Dessen Gossamer by Lois Lowry So B. It by Sarah Weeks

... books in 2006 (through probably not published this year): Young Adult Literature: A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Petey by Ben Mikaelsen Just Listen by Sarah Dessen Gossamer by Lois Lowry Fiction: The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg ...

... one of the most different from the books we've read so far - some of its most prominent tags are fantasy and romance. City of Ember is probably too similar to Uglies, and also I hadn't realized how short it is. It almost seems more like a children's book even though it's tagged young ...

I also loved City of Ember!! I was really disappointed in People of Sparks and I haven't read Prophet of Yonwood. I think I'm too scared of being disappointed again. It had such potential!

I loved both People of Sparks and City of Ember, but also found Prophet of Yonwood to be a HUGE letdown. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, and I was glad my copy came from the library! P.S. I really enjoyed Looking for Alaska!

... Milk Carton but I was much younger when I read that (12 maybe?) kperry-- People of Sparks was a huge letdown after City of Ember. I was told not to read Prophet of Yonwood...

This isn't quite a YA level, but I couldn't stand the 2 books that came after City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau. I LOVED City of Ember, but didn't like People of Sparks or The Prophet of Yonwood at all. They were very much of a let down.

City of Ember is a fantastic book. I didn't like the other 2 books in that series though.

... by David Levithan, since j-brary said a coworker was shocked that she hadn't read it. Before that I was looking at City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, since it was mentioned four times, usually with high praise, on the apocalyptic lit thread. It's also the most similarly-tagged book to ...

I've just finished The City of Ember. I'd been prompted to read it since I'd seen it mentioned here, and really quite liked it. Post-apocalyptic YA books are quite the guilty pleasure of mine. Not that I actually feel too guilty about liking them, though; they're usually a lot of fun!

The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick The Giver by Louis Lowry And I'll second City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau I haven't read it, but House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer is also supposed to be good.

... sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you'll like, as a wise man is said to have said. On the OTHER hand, I found The City of Ember an enchanting and fascinating delight. It's a bit young for YA, I think, but I try to push it at my school. Your reading experience of it is so ...

... audios like: His Dark Materials trilogyby Pullman, The Thief Lord by Funke, Tale of Despereaux by DiCamillo and The City of Ember and its sequel by Jeanne Duprau. All of these I highly recommend (my children are in their 20's, so I've bought these just for me). I particularly ...

... (and my kids are in their 20's, so I buy these for ME): His Dark Materials by Pullman, Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke and City of Ember by Jeanne Duprau.

... in ya have a fantasy touch to them. have you looked at the tripods boxed set by john christopher? or the more recent the city of ember by jeanne duprau? i know there's a bunch more.. but i tend to jumble up apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic and dystopian lit. i'll see what else i can ...