The City of Ember (Book of Ember, #1) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Sep 03, 2023 Joanna rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: low-lexile, fantasy-sci-fi, young-adult, dystopia, 2023-read, rws-2023-fall

A middle grade version of Wool and sort of reminiscent of The Giver. This book holds little interest for an adult reader, who would be better served to check out one of the other listed above. For a middle grade reader, maybe 5th-6th grades, this could hold enough interest and fast enough plotting to be entertaining.

The story is that for some reason "The Builders" constructed an underground city and for some generations, people have been living there not remembering anything about any other way ...more

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Feb 24, 2011 Corinna rated it liked it

A good start to a trilogy, this is the story of an underground city whose resources are quietly but rapidly running out and whose lights periodically go out and if the generator breaks and can't be repaired, will not come back on again. Many people don't seem to be very concerned about this, and believe that things can go on the way they are indefinitely. Or at the very least, they can't think of anything to do but keep on making do.

The protagonists of the story, Doon and Lina seem to be the on ...more

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Aug 16, 2008 Debbie rated it really liked it

Shelves: sciencefiction

Book one in the Ember series.

Set in the perhaps not-so-distant future, the first book in the series tells of Ember, a city where it is always night, but where there are no lights in the night sky. Created by the legendary Builders, Ember's inhabitants have enjoyed peace and prosperity for hundreds of years.

Now, however, things are looking grim. The storerooms are getting empty and the lights fail with ever-increasing regularity. Two enterprising young adults, Lina and Doon, race to solve the my ...more

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