Doon and Lina have just graduated from their final year of school
at the age of 12, and consequently experience the right of passage
bestowed upon all the people of Ember at this stage; Assignment
Day. They receive their jobs from the mayor and set out to do their
civic duties as many others before them, but when Lina stumbles
across a message that appears to be from 'the Builders,' creators
of the City of Ember, it is clear that theirs is a much more
burdened fate.
The City of Ember is a fascinating tale of a dystopian society,
where a young boy and girl in all of their bravery and desperation,
work together to try and save their beloved people from a looming
eternal darkness. This being the first Book of Ember in a series
that currently consists of four, all questions were not answered by
its completion, but I look forward to moving on to the second book
and unravelling more of the saga.
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