The Prophet of Yonwood by: Jeanne DuPrau (5)

The Prophet of Yonwood is a prequel to the City of Ember. The Prophet of Yonwood is not about Lina and Doon-it is about a girl named Nickie! Nickie lives in Philadelphia with her mother and father. Her great-grandfather lives at Green Haven, and then he dies, so, Nickie and her aunt stay at Green Haven for a little while to try to sell it to someone. Her father is on a secret business trip and her mother is working.

At Green Haven Nickie has three goals:

1.Stay at Green Haven
2.Fall in love
3.Help the world

While they stay there Nickie has many adventures. While Nickie is there at Green Haven she finds a girl in the closet. She has a dog named Otis! Mrs. Beeson walks in (someone Nickie does not know) and asks the girl in the closet to come work for the Prophet! You will have to find out why this person is called the Prophet!!! Nickie now takes care of Otis.

Nickie finds a weird picture and a diary entry out of her great-grandfather's diary. The picture of the people (specifically the men that look the same) looks strange!

Grover is another character in this book. He has snakes and he is told to let them go-he doesn't let the snakes go, so, he has to have a bracelet on him. Grover runs into the woods and hides from the town because he thinks people will be distracted by the bracelet's humming. And he is embraced!!

All the dogs have something bad happen to them-you will have to find out in the book though. But in the end all the dogs come back!!!!

Nickie finds out that her father built an underground city because the world is falling apart!! When they go there Nickie is a full grown person. Also Nickie fulfills all three goals she set up for herself!!

People of Sparks by: Jeanne DuPrau (3)

The People of Sparks is a sequel to the City of Ember. It is also about Lina and Doon and their adventures. They come out from Ember and now are staying in the village of Sparks. Lina stays with the town doctor and her nephew-Torren. Doon stayed in the Plaza like mostly everybody else except for the sick of elderly (Lina's sister was sick so she stayed in the doctor's house).

One day Torren's older brother came to town with surprise-(he is a roamer) a partner for his roamer work-Maddy! Torren wants to be a roamer when he becomes his older brother Casper's age.

Lina overhears Casper and Maddy talking about their trip they are going on tomorrow (roamers business) to an old city. Lina thinks that is where the refuges of Ember are going to go when there time in Sparks is up (6 months). Lina wants to see what it looks like first, so she goes with the two secretly. On the way they find her, Casper and Maddy are both upset but Casper in very upset!

Lina, Maddy and Casper meet a starving roamer-they do not feed him because "Casper said so." The next day the find that the roamer payed them a visit!

While exploring the City Casper is left behind while Maddy and Lina ride bikes far enough to see a roamer heading the way they are going so they hitch a ride with him and he brings them back safely!

At Sparks the next day something horrible happens-and Lina saves the day! Doon helps too!! Later because Lina and Doon and the rest of the Ember citizens helped Sparks decided they could stay in their City!

This is a great book-and a great series!!