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Title: Prophet of Yonwood, The: 3 Book of Ember: A Prequel
Author: DUPRAU JEANNE
Format: PAPERBACK
Imprint: YEARLING
Price: $14.00
Publishing status: Active
In this prequel to her acclaimed “The City of Ember” and “The People of Sparks,” Jeanne DuPrau investigates how, in a world that seems out of control, hope and comfort can be found in the strangest of places.
School Library Journal (06/01/2006):
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. Beeson appoints herself Althea -s interpreter. Soon she -s urging everyone to give up sinful things like singing. The townspeople believe that by being virtuous they will build -a shield of goodness – around themselves and not be harmed. In her effort to be a good person, Nickie falls prey to this collective brainwashing and betrays a friend. She has her own secret. She -s hiding a dog in the house. When Mrs. Beeson thinks the Prophet has said -no dogs – and forces everyone to get rid of them, the child is outraged and confronts the Prophet to demand the truth behind her pronouncements. This novel has a great deal of immediacy in light of current world events. It sharply brings home the idea of people blindly following a belief without questioning it. However, it -s really more of a stand-alone title. The plot details that tie it and “Ember” together are only revealed in the last chapter, entitled -What Happened Afterward. -” -Sharon Rawlins, NJ Library for the Blind and Handicapped, Trenton” Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Booklist (05/15/2006):
Gr. 4–7. Set about 50 years before the previous books in the Embers series, this novel focuses on 11-year-old Nickie, who believes her great-grandfather’s old mansion in Yonwood, North Carolina, may be a haven from the city wracked with fear of impending war. Unfortunately, the place isn’t exactly idyllic. Nickie’s experiences in Yonwood further the idea, established in the previous books, about the role of God in human affairs. Why, for example, would God say one thing to the Prophet of Yonwood and another to a prophet halfway around the world?–a provocative question that is certainly apropos to what is happening in the world today.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)
Hornbook Guide to Children (07/01/2006):
In a sort of pre-prequel to “The City of Ember”, a girl witnesses the beginning of the end of life on earth as we know it. The larger themes aren’t always sufficiently grounded in the events of the story, but Nickie is a sympathetic and believable fulcrum for the story, which is both scary and action-filled. (Copyright 2006 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
Publisher Marketing:
It’s 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember, and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town’s respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. Her garbled words are taken as prophetic instruction on how to avoid the coming disaster. If only they can be interpreted correctly. . . .
As the people of Yonwood scramble to make sense of the woman’s mysterious utterances, Nickie explores the oddities she finds around town–her great-grandfather’s peculiar journals and papers, a reclusive neighbor who studies the heavens, a strange boy who is fascinated with snakes–all while keeping an eye out for ways to help the world. Is this vision her chance? Or is it already too late to avoid a devastating war?
In this prequel to the acclaimed The City of Ember and The People of Sparks, Jeanne DuPrau investigates how, in a world that seems out of control, hope and comfort can be found in the strangest of places.
Series: book of EMBER
ISBN: 9780440421245