num_pages: 270
description: Many hundreds of years ago, the city of Ember was created by the Builders to contain everything needed for human survival. It worked - but now the storerooms are almost out of food, crops are blighted, corruption is spreading through the city and worst of all - the lights are failing. Soon Ember could be engulfed by darkness-But when two children, Lina and Doon, discover fragments of an ancient parchment, they begin to wonder if there could be a way out of Ember. Can they decipher the words from long ago and find a new future for everyone? Will the people of Ember listen to them?
language: English
title: The City of Ember
titlecomplete: The City of Ember
characters: Doon Harrow, Lina Mayfleet
genres: Middle Grade, Dystopia, Childrens, School, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Post Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 275921
series: Book of Ember 
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: California Book Award
category: Young Adult (Silver), awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
category: Grade 6-9, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, name: Child Magazine Best Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Sunshine State Young Readers Award
category: Grades 3-5 and Grades 6-8, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award
category: Young Adult, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Chapman Award for Shared Reading
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Washington State Sasquatch Award, awardedAt: 1546329600000
name: Bluestem Book Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Corgi