The Books of Ember

Ember. Dark, cold, full of artificial lights. This is the world. Beyond lie the Unknown Regions. Uninhabitable wasteland, with monsters and gigantic holes. Stay in Ember and you'll be safe, Lina. Ember is a speck of light in a dark world. The Builders built it for us, we must be thankful. Here we have all our needs. Yeah right. The food is running out, the generator is breaking... Ember is a dying city. No one knows that, however. Wait, who's that? Doon Harrow, the silent boy who never speaks? Who used to be Lina's best friend? Surely he couldn't have to do with anything? Why is he throwing that piece of paper at the floor? His job assignment? But he's messenger, the job Lina wanted the most! What's that the mayor is saying? Lina Mayfleet is Pipeworks laborer? But that's the worst job ever! What is Doon saying now? He wants to trade with Lina? He wants to be where the generator is, so that he can fix it. Doon knows what is going on? Lina makes a shocking discovery that leads them into a big adventure. They uncover a dark secret of the mayor. Doon and Lina know they have to get out of Ember before the lights go off! But when they escape Ember, they make an amazing discovery. Their city isn't what they thought it was. The people of Ember find hospitality in the city of Sparks, but that hospitality turns out to be not so hospitable. A man named Tick leads an army of Emberites against the population of Sparks, due to disrespect on part of the people of Sparks. But Doon and Lina discover that something is wrong, and they have to stop the attack before it's too late! Then Doon and Lina find out that there might be something back in Ember that will help the people of Sparks survive the harsh winter, and he and Lina head back in search of it. But they find Ember in a state neither of them would have suspected...


Very good series, though the third book, that I haven't described here, has a different storyline and isn't as good. The third book only takes you back in time, though, so if you take my advice and don't read it, trust me, you won't be missing out on anything. I strongly recommend the first, second, and fourth book, though.