The city of Ember /
Jeanne DuPrau.
- 270 pages : map ; 22 cm.
- City of Ember ; bk. 1 .
OBOB Elementary 2025-2026.
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In the city of Ember, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions.