- Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy fiction
A modern-day classic. This highly acclaimed adventure series about two friends desperate to save their doomed city has captivated kids and teachers alike for almost fifteen years and has sold over 3.5 MILLION copies!
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Jeanne DuPrau
- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 270
- Publisher
- Listening Library (Audio), Random House, Doubleday
- Editions
- 37
- Language
- Polish, English, French, tur
- ISBN
- 9781905775453
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First sentence
“In the city of Ember, the sky was always dark.”
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