01062cam a2200277 4500 623049250 TxAuBib 071208s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780385736282 pbk. 0385736282 pbk. (OCoLC)18311 TxAuBib DuPrau, Jeanne. The city of Ember / Jeanne DuPrau. New York : Yearling, 2008. 270 p., [8] p. : col. ill., map ; 20 cm. Movie tie-in. ""Escape is the only option""-- cover. Includes chapter 1 of ""The people of Sparks"". Originally published in hardcover by Random House in 2003. In the year 241, 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. Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.0 9.0 69274. Messengers Fiction. Fantasy. TXHAP