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The city of Ember Cover Image Book

The city of Ember / Jeanne DuPrau.

DuPrau, Jeanne, (author.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375822739
  • ISBN: 9780375822735
  • ISBN: 0375922741
  • ISBN: 9780375922749
  • ISBN: 0375822747
  • ISBN: 9780375822742
  • ISBN: 0756933951
  • ISBN: 9780756933951
  • ISBN: 0385736282
  • ISBN: 9780385736282
  • ISBN: 9781484468920
  • ISBN: 1484468929
  • ISBN: 9781417635948
  • ISBN: 1417635940
  • Physical Description: 270 pages : map ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2003]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Target Audience Note:
680L Lexile
Target Age Group: 08 to 12. Ingram.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5 9 69274.
Accelerated Reader AR 5.0 9.0

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Subject:
Occupations > Juvenile fiction.
Messengers > Juvenile fiction.
Ember (Imaginary place) > Juvenile fiction.
City dwellers > Juvenile fiction.
Quests (Expeditions) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fantasy fiction.

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  • 1 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

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  • 3 current holds with 118 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Madison Main Library J FIC DUP BE1 (Text) 30229101237039 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/15/2026
Mars Hill Library J FIC DUP (Text) 30229101004504 Juvenile Fiction Available -