The People Of Sparks: The Second Book Of Ember

The prequel of People of Sparks, City of Ember, may be a great but I think this is one is better. People of sparks has lots of lessons, more than Ember, especially good ones for kids age 9-13. One of the examples that happened in the book was Doon, one of the boys in the book, save a little cruel kid that was in danger. Another one is when Mandy, another character, said that to be able to stop a fight you must do something good in the beginning but the thing is it's hard. Lastly a character named Tick was very responsible, he was a kid and he was in charge of the Emberites. The book has much more lessons in it, it's worth the buy.

The book is very descriptive in many ways. For example Torren, he is a very bad kid but the author did not write "Torren is a bad kid" instead in the beginning she wrote something more like Torrent threw an object down breaking something. During the war of the Emberites and the sparks the description was amazing, I imagined everything with what the book said. Not only is the book descriptive it's also realistic, since Lina came from a place with bad education, on sparks she asked people what things were, not only was she like "Oh yeah, I heard of that before".

Though the book was so great there were some disappointments. It was when Lina went with the roamers looking for a new city. I don't know why but I probably just already knew what going to happen. Maybe the chapter was very easy to assume so I got bored, but maybe the book would be much greater for you to read. The book has much more exiting parts than boring parts.

The seccond book of Ember was pretty good. Pretty straight forward. It is interesting to read about how the author thinks the wold is after all the wars and civilization is extinct. I enjoyed this book. I will buy the third one.

Compared with the City of Ember, I actually preferred this book a lot more. It was very interesting, and engaging. The plot was very well written and I found myself wanting to get back to the book. The plot divides the story into two perspectives; Doon's point of view and also Lina's point of view (most of the time). You do have some chapters where it features other secondary characters, but the story really focuses on the two main ones. I like both Lina and Doon. They're still the same as in the first book; strong, individualstic and willing to stand out to do what's right in their opinion despite what the majority might say. I was afraid for a moment that Doon might have changed for the worst, especially when he was following Tick around (a suitable name for a character, as Tick is quite annoying just like the insect). However, I was wrong, and was glad Doon did not waver and did not change - in fact he did change, but for the better.

Both Tick and Torren should be best friends in my opinion. They were horrible, obnoxious, annoying, and brought the worst out from both the people of Ember and Sparks. I had the feeling I wouldn't like Torren from the start (and I was right) and although I had my suspicions about Tick, they were finally correct in the end and I felt like slugging them both with a baseball bat. I'm not sure what to say about Caspar. He's rather odd and I'm curious as to what he's really looking for, and what do numbers have to do with it.

There were still a lot of questions left to be answered I think, and there's a few loose ends still not tied. However I heard the third book in the series is like a prequel. Which I find rather odd but perhaps it'll provide the answers or information that might help to understand the series more.

Overall, a much better improvement and a much more exciting book than the first one. This is a great sequel and it does provide a moral at the end of the story. The ending was great and although there was no cliffhanger, nevertheless it was certainly a very nice way to close the book.

The People Of Sparks is one of the best books I have read and I have read more than most people in there lifetime! Lina is very insparational and Doon is just like me - always wanting to know what is happening in the world. I think everyone should read this book - everyone will enjoy it. Ooops.... got to go finish my book report...... guess what it's on?????