Medford Children's Library's review
The Prophet of Yonwood (3rd Book of Ember) by Jeanne Duprau
Medford Children's Library's review
rating:
recommended for: fantasy and realistic fiction readers
status: Read in December, 2007
rating:
recommended for: fantasy and realistic fiction readers
status: Read in December, 2007
Nickie had 3 goals that winter: #1 convince her family to move to Yonwood #2: fall in love and #3 do something good for the world. When she offers to help her Aunt clean her great grandfather's house in Yonwood, she finds that Yonwood isn't the place she had imagined. A woman named Athela Tower has had a vision of a destroyed future before collapsing into a coma. The townspeople have hailed her as a prophet. With the help of Ms. Beeson, she decodes the prophet's murmurings as words from God and sets up rules for the community. With the threat of impending war, the townspeople are more than happy to comply until the rules become more and more severe. Nickie begins to wonder who God is and how do we know what he is saying? I recommend reading this prequel to "City of Ember" first. It sets up a basis for the underground city. This is a great realistic fantasy that could bring up some crucial moral discussions about religion and war.
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