The Books of Ember Author:Jeanne DuPrau The phenomenon began with "The City of Ember," the story of a girl, a boy, and their beleaguered city, where flickering lights hold an aver-present darkness at bay. Lina and Doon's struggle to escape captured the imaginations of readers across the country and created a groundswell of word-of-mouth enthusiasm. In response, and to the great deli... more »ght of readers everywhere, Jeanne DuPrau wrote a sequel, "The People of Sparks," in which Lina and Doon lead their people to a new-and in some ways more difficult-world. The prequel, "The Prophet of Yonwood," ushers readers back to a time disturbingly like our own, in which a girl copes with uncertainty and the threat of catastrophe- a girl who turns out to be connected to Lina and Doon in surprising ways.« less