Ryan Thatch’s Reviews > The City of Ember > Status Update

In my reading for this last week Lina and Doon were able to escape from Ember. They did this by traveling along the river. In this chapter, they reveal that the City of Ember is underground and that the builders did this to save the human population. I know that the city was underground and that they became above ground was that Lina was able to see the stars for the first time.

One of the main characters in my book is Lina Mayfleet. Lina has changed a lot throughout the book. At the beginning of the book she was a very shy except when she was with her grandmother and sister and was very dependent on her grandmother. But towards the end of the book she has become less shy and more independent. An event that influenced her change was when her grandmother died.

The book that I am reading is about two kids who live in a city that is dark and is running out of supplies. The thing that is so compelling about my book is that it is a realistic fiction kind of book with problems that I can relate to. This book shows that I have become a stronger reader because the author uses strong words that I am able to understand.

I would not like to be a character in my book. The first reason why I wouldn't like to be a character in my book is that the setting is in a dark place, only powered by light bulbs, which they are running short on and occasionally Ember has a power outage and it is completely dark. Another reason is that after the age of 12, kids are forced to work or start training to work. I'm 14 and I'm not ready to start working.

In the book The City of Ember, the main conflict is that the city is running out of supplies for the people. The main supply is light bulbs. If the city runs out of light bulbs they will be forced to live in darkness. If they have no light, the people will most likely not be able to find foods and they will die. Another essential supply that they are low on is food. If the people run out of food, they will starve.