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The Prophet of Yonwood
The Third Book of Ember
By DuPrau, Jeanne
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37587-526-7 978-0-37597-526-4
- Publisher
- Random
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2006
Gr 4-8 In this prequel to "The City of Ember" (2003) and "The People of Sparks" (2004, both Random), 11-year-old Nickie accompanies her aunt to Yonwood, NC, to help get her great-grandfather -s house ready to be sold. Months earlier, a woman in the community named Althea Tower had a vision and collapsed, muttering about fire and disaster. The townspeople interpreted it as a premonition of events since war between the U.S. and the Phalanx Nations is eminent. Althea is hailed as a Prophet and an ambitious Mrs. Bee...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2006
In a sort of pre-prequel to The City of Ember (rev. 5/03), a girl witnesses the beginning of the end of life on earth as we know it. When Nickie comes with her aunt Crystal to Yonwood to close up and sell her deceased great-grandfather's house, the town is in the grip of an end-times fervor, brought on by both th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
