But will the escalating animosity between the people of Sparks and the folks from Ember explode into violence, or will more reasonable voices prevail? Meanwhile, Lina goes off with a couple of “Roamers” to search for a beautiful city that she has seen in her dreams and even drawn in pictures with the hope that it might offer the Ember folks a place to settle. Unfortunately, after a while the people of Sparks, led by Ben Barlow, begin to resent the folks from Ember who are eating their food and thus threatening their hope of prosperity, and a young man from Ember named Tick Hassler is fomenting hard feelings towards the people of Sparks in return. There, they learn about the great Disaster which had devastated the surface and led some people to send a few settlers underground. When I read and reviewed that first book I gave it a rating of “good.” In this sequel, Lina and Doon have escaped the decaying underground City of Ember, sent a note back to tell others how to leave, and are now leading the refugees down a road that leads to the village of Sparks. The first book of this series, The City of Ember, came highly recommended. The People of Sparks: the Second Book of Ember (published in 2004 by Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House Inc., New York City, NY). Language level: 1 (nothing objectionable)įor more information e-mail Jeanne. Publisher: Random House Children’s Books, reprinted in 2005 Book: The People of Sparks: the Second Book of Ember
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