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The City of Ember (Ember, Bk 1) (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
The City of Ember - Ember, Bk 1 - Audio CD - Unabridged Author:Jeanne Duprau, Wendy Dillon (Narrator) Children of the city of Ember shall finish school and begin work at twelve years of age... — Lina Mayfleet desperately wants to be a messenger. Messengers spend their days outside, running from one corner of the city to the other. Instead, she draws the dreaded job of Pipeworks laborer, which means she'll be stuck in tunnels deep under... more »ground.
Doon Harrow draws messenger--and asks to trade with Lina! Doon wants to be underground. That's where the generator is, and Doon has ideas about how to fix it. For as long as anyone can remember, the great lights of Ember have kept the endless darkness that surrounds the city at bay.
The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. Two hundred years later, the great lamps that light the city are beginning to flicker. When Lina finds fragments of an ancient parchment, she's sure it holds a secret that will save the city. She and her friend Doon must decipher the message before the lights go out on Ember forever!
This stunning debut novel offers refreshingly clear writing and fascinating, original characters.
Unabridged - 6 CDs - 6 hours 51 minutes - read by Wendy Dillon« less