The City of Embers

This book is sequel to the book City of Ember. In the beginging Lina Mayfleet, Doon Harrow, and Poppy Mayfleet are waiting for the people of their village to arrive. When the people arrive the start heading towards a nearby village, a village known as Sparks. The village accepted them for

6 months. The people of Sparks told them that they will have to stay in the Pioneer Hotel. Lina

had to do the chores that Dr.Hester told her to do. One day while she was walking she noticed

someone riding a bike. Later that same day she asked Dr.Hester if he had a bike and if she could

ride it. She did not know how to ride a bike however so learning was going to be difficult. Torren,

a little boy, got mad because his brother Caspar didn’t want to take him on an adventure. Torren

then took 2 crates of tomatoes and throws them against the wall. In the morning Doon discovers

a large crowd of people around the area where Torren threw the tomatoes. THe crowd starts to accuse each other of the crime. Then out of nowhere Torren comes running down the street.

Torren makes the accusation that Doon committed the crime. The crowd starts to head towards him. After that incident the people of Ember got mad at the people of Sparks. One day someone

wrote on the wall of the plaza “The cave people must go!”. The people of Sparks kicked the people out of their village. They said that they had to leave the next day. That night the people

of Ember decided to attack the village. The next morning they headed off to attack the village.

When they arrived the chanted “We will not go !!” A fire was started in the fighting which spread

to the trees and the grass. Doon hears a cry coming from the tree. Doon quickly climbs the tree

and rescues the child. The child was Torren. Lina starts helping to put out the fire. In the end

the villagers accept the people of Ember.

                                                       Review

  This book was very entertaining, funny, and suspenseful. I enjoyed it because it had a lot of

problem solving. It was also cool because they put out a fire with teamwork even though

they didn’t like each other. I think this is a must read for students who like books like this.

By Zoltan, 6th Grade Reader