[BWF] The People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau 4 stars for the book but the audiobook is horrid

[Karin]

The audiobook is not good at all. It's not because the reader has no talent for reading, but Wendy Dillon is horrible at voicing children and not great at voicing characters in general. I did learn, however, that the "au" in DuPrau is pronounce like a long o. I'm leaving the 4 star rating from when my kids and I read it back when it was new.

This is a sequel which begins right after the first book after Lina and Doon have left the city of Ember where those who have fled Ember end up finding the town of Sparks. Those from Ember have spent all of their lives living underground and don't have the skills to survive in the world they find, so they are taken in temporarily by the people of Sparks. Naturally, things happen that bring conflict between the two groups.