The People of Sparks (Books of Ember)
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- ISBN13: 9780375828256
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The People of Sparks (Books of Ember) Overviews
The People of Sparks picks up where The City of Ember leaves off. Lina and Doon have emerged from the underground city to the exciting new world above, and it isn’t long before they are followed by the other inhabitants of Ember. The Emberites soon come across a town where they are welcomed, fed, and given places to sleep. But the town’s resources are limited and it isn’t long before resentment begins to grow between the two groups. When anonymous acts of vandalism push them toward violence, it’s up to Lina and Doon to discover who’s behind the vandalism and why, before it’s too late.
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The People of Sparks (Books of Ember) Specifications
When teenagers Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow lead their people up out of the Earth, fleeing their dying underground city of Ember, everything is new and a little frightening to the refugees--the sun and the moon, birds, trees, fire…and the people of Ember are strange to the 322 citizens of Sparks, one of the few towns on Earth to survive the time of The Disaster. How can they feed and house the 400 Emberites, the leaders of Sparks wonder, when they have just begun to be able to feed themselves comfortably? But if they don’t, these underground people with no survival skills will surely die in the wastelands. They take them in as best they can, but grumbling and bad feeling grows on both sides. Lina returns from a failed search for her persistent vision of a city of light to find the town, egged on by the power-hungry young thug Tick, once again at the point of war, forgetting how the Earth has been destroyed before. But Lina has seen the devastation left by The Disaster, and so she risks a brave move of reconciliation, and when Doon exposes Tick’s trickery, the two sides join as the new people of Sparks.
In this exciting and solidly constructed sequel to The City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau moves the story on entrancingly, bringing along her cast of characters from underground and adding new dimensions and relationships as the action escalates to a satisfying conclusion that still allows for further volumes in this fine fantasy. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell
The People of Sparks (Books of Ember) CustomerReview
Upon finishing the City of Ember, the first amazing book of the series, I was curious to learn what would happen next. I had high hopes considering how wonderful The City of Ember was. I was not disappointed - it included all the aspects I enjoyed about the first book.
The book covers the struggle to exist peacefully together and avoid war. The Emberites leave their home and enter the city of Sparks, where they meet many challenges with a huge group of over four-hundred people. The reluctant Sparks come to their aid, providing shelter and food for the new people. However, tensions soon arise, beginning with food and then shifting to a wider range of problems. Soon their is a lurking hostility between the Emberites and the people of Sparks, led on by unknown attacks to both sides. Soon the two groups are on the edge of war - and again, it is up to Lina and Doon to save the day.
We also meet a wide variety of new and interesting characters. The city's three mayors - the kind Mary Waters, the harsh and cold Ben Barlow, and the undecided Wilmer Dent struggle to decide what to do about the people of Ember in the hard times between them. We meet the city's one and only doctor, the busy and absent-minded Dr. Hester, and her nephew who lives with her, the mean and destructive Torren. We learn more about old characters as well, and meet a new Emberite, a boy called Tick who is the leader in the soon-to-be war between the Emberites and the People of Sparks.
This book is fantasy and adventure themed, but also teaches lessons about how war is destructive, and destroys things. We find more out about Ember and what protection it served, as well as what destroyed so much hundreds of years before. All in all, it is a great addition to the series, and a great book.
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