The City of Ember
Recommended by Alom Shaha, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #20 in 10-Year-Old, Ranked #21 in 6th Grade — see more rankings.
Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked - but now the storerooms are almost out of food, crops are blighted, corruption is spreading through the city and worst of all - the lights are failing. Soon Ember could be engulfed by darkness-But when two children, Lina and Doon, discover fragments of an ancient parchment, they begin to wonder if there could be a way out of Ember. Can they decipher the words from long ago and find a new future for everyone? Will the people of Ember listen to them? less
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Alom Shaha Post-apocalyptic, character driven, novel with anti-nuclear themes about an underground world where electricity is an incredibly rare resource. (Source)
Rankings by Category
The City of Ember is ranked in the following categories:
- #24 in 11-Year-Old
- #73 in 12-Year-Old
- #29 in 4th Grade
- #22 in 5th Grade
- #74 in 7th Grade
- #29 in 9-Year-Old
- #53 in Chapter
- #40 in Cities
- #85 in Courage
- #42 in Dystopian
- #71 in Elementary
- #66 in End Of The World
- #72 in Light
- #40 in Middle School
- #65 in Older Children
- #34 in Post-Apocalyptic
- #75 in Survival
- #23 in Tween
- #67 in Utopian
- #69 in Victoria
- #55 in Young Reader
- #45 in Young Teen
- #82 in Youth
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