The City of Ember is the only light in the dark world. Beyond Ember, the darkness goes on forever in all directions. When the children of the city of Ember finish school, they begin work at 12 years of age. Lina Mayfleet desperately wants to be a messenger. The City of Ember is the only light in the dark world. Beyond Ember, the darkness goes on forever in all directions. When the children of the city of Ember finish school, they begin work at 12 years of age. Lina Mayfleet desperately wants to be a messenger.
Book Information
Publication Date: May 31, 2003
Reading Level: Lexile Measure 680L, Scholastic Guided Reading Level W
Interest Level: Age Range: 8 - 12 years, Grade Level: 3 - 7
The City Of Ember Study Guide Questions
Major Awards: 2009 ALA Notable Children's Books
Number of Pages: 144 pages
Approximate Word Count: 107,360 words
Audible Book Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
Book Themes: Friendship, Greed, Family, Dreams, Power
Genre: Doomsday Dystopia
The City Of Ember Study Guide Questions
Setting: Our World -- 200+ Years in the Future -- Underground
Important Quote: The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences.
First Line: When the city of Ember was just built and not yet inhabited, the chief builder and the assistant builder, both of them weary, sat down to speak of the future.
Point of View: Third Person (Limited Omniscient)
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Vocabulary List
announce
anticipation
appeal
approximate
assume
beckon
blackout
blotches
civic
comprehend
concentration
confidence
consequence
curiosity
current
deciphering
demonstrate/demonstrators
descend
dread
egress
endeavor
endured
engage
entrance
evaluate
fascinated
frantic
fungus
generator
glimpse
grave
groped
immense
impatient
impudence
indicate
kiosk
leash
megaphone
misfortune
nevertheless
ponder
refugee
rehearsals
rivulets
scowled
sheer
shortage
solemn
square
strode
tendrils
thus
utter
Discussion Questions
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Writing
Idioms PowerPoint
(This idioms lesson may be used with Chapter 8.)