Book: The People of Sparks
Feb. 4th, 2012 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holytoastrThe People of Sparks is the sequel to The City of Ember.It picks up right where Ember leaves off. Lina and Doon had dropped a rock with a note on how to escape the city down a hole. In this book, the people of Ember had found the note and escaped the city just before the power had gone out and the city was lost to the darkness forever.
Together, the group walked to the nearby town of Sparks. There they asked for help since none of them knew how to survive in this big bright large world.
At first the people of Sparks were willing to help, but tension began to grow. Things went downhill from there for a while, but as it's a children's book, Lina and Doon cleverly find ways to restore goodwill and everyone ends happily.
I'm perhaps simplifying it a bit too much. I really liked the book. DuPrau is fleshing out an interesting post-apocalyptic world that I want to read more about. Luckily there are two more novels in the series. (Remembers when I first learned it was a series and was dismayed at the thought that my reading list growing longer...) I've already taken both out of the library. I'm looking forward to learning more.
Together, the group walked to the nearby town of Sparks. There they asked for help since none of them knew how to survive in this big bright large world.
At first the people of Sparks were willing to help, but tension began to grow. Things went downhill from there for a while, but as it's a children's book, Lina and Doon cleverly find ways to restore goodwill and everyone ends happily.
I'm perhaps simplifying it a bit too much. I really liked the book. DuPrau is fleshing out an interesting post-apocalyptic world that I want to read more about. Luckily there are two more novels in the series. (Remembers when I first learned it was a series and was dismayed at the thought that my reading list growing longer...) I've already taken both out of the library. I'm looking forward to learning more.
