num_pages: 270
description: An alternate cover edition can be found here.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 (Book of Ember, #1)
characters: Doon Harrow, Lina Mayfleet
genres: Middle Grade, Post Apocalyptic, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Childrens, School, Adventure, Fiction, Dystopia, Fantasy
ratings_count: 275909
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: Random House Children's Books