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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:
Target Age Group: 08 to 12. Ingram.
680L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR 5.0 9.0
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5 9 69274.
Subject: Occupations > Juvenile fiction.
Messengers > Juvenile fiction.
Ember (Imaginary place) > Juvenile fiction.
City dwellers > Juvenile fiction.
Quests (Expeditions) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Fantasy fiction.

Available copies

  • 90 of 118 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 3 copies available at Harnett County Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 118 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Angier Public Library J F DuP (Text) 33632002720705 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 05/08/2025
Dunn Public Library J F DuP (Text) 33436001455143 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Harnett County Main Library J F DuP (Text) 33630005307512 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 04/22/2025

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4901 . ‡a[The first book of Ember]
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5050 . ‡aAssignment 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.
520 . ‡aIn 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.
5218 . ‡aTarget Age Group: 08 to 12. ‡bIngram.
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650 0. ‡aEmber (Imaginary place) ‡vJuvenile fiction.
650 0. ‡aCity dwellers ‡vJuvenile fiction.
650 0. ‡aQuests (Expeditions) ‡vJuvenile fiction.
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8001 . ‡aDuPrau, Jeanne. ‡tEmber ; ‡v1st bk. ‡0(CARDINAL)562353
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