City of Ember: The Graphic Novel

The graPhiC nOVel

 Jeanne DuPrau adptd by Dallas MiDDaugh at by niklas asker

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Now a Graphic Novel! Jeanne DuPrau’s classic tells the story story of the city of Ember,  designed as a la st refuge for the human race. When the storestorerooms run out of food and the lights begin to fail, fail, it’s up to Lina and Doon to decipher the fragments fragment s of an ancient  parchment  p archment and find a way out. out.

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P l ay ay t h e g a m e a t b o o k s o f e m b e r . c o m .

kp d o   p o T City of Ember . Ember . . .

it is written in the book of the  city of Ember tha that t Ember was was  made long ago ago by the builders. builders. Beyond Ember, the darkness goes on forever in all directions.

EMBER HAS EXiSTED FOR 241 YEARS. THERE iS NO PLACE BUT EMBER. iT iS THE ONLY LiGHT iN THE DARK WORLD.

 YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE HiGHEST CLA.

AiGNMENT DAY  NOW, iSN’T iT?  GRTiNGS. ANOTHER YEAR.

 YES. JOB  YOU DRAW TODAY iS FOR THR  YEARS.

“SO. LET US BEGiN. WHO CARES TO BE FiRST?”

I WOULD LiKE TO BE FiRST.

LiiE!

READ iT OUT LOUD.

SULY  DEPOT CLERK.

VERY GD. A ViTAL JOB.  NEXT!

PiPEWORKS LABORER. OUT LOUD, PLEASE.

 SO WET AND COLD.

 DANGEROUS!

 NEXT!

MEENGER.

 BAD BEHAViOR! BEHAViOR! GO TO YOUR SEAT   iEDiATELY!  iEDiATE LY!

STUDENTS SHOULD BE GLAD TO WORK FOR THEiR CiTY. EMBER WI PROSPER iF A—

CiTiZENS

THEiR DO

 BEST!

BUT EMBER iS NOT  PROSPERiNG!

 SiLENCE!

THE LiGHTS GO OUT A THE TiME NOW, AND THERE  ARE SHORTAGES SHORTAGES OF   EVERYTHiNG!  EVERYTHiN G!

 iF NO ONE DOES ANYTHiNG  ABOUT iT, SOMETHiNG SOMETHiNG TEiBLE iS GOiNG TO HAEN!

Mi THORN. WHO MiGHT THiS  YOUNG MAN BE? 

I WI REMEMBER  YOU.

I AM DN HAOW.

CONGRATULATiONS TO A. WELCOME TO EMBER’S

WORKFORCE.

PR YOU! I THOUGHT I PICKED A BAD ONE, BUT YOU GOT THE WORST.

THiS iS WHERE I WANT TO BE, UP HERE WHERE EVERYTHiNG HAENS, NOT DOWN UNDERGROUND.

THE GENERATOR iS iN THE PiPEWORKS. iT TURNS THE RiVER iNTO POWER FOR THE CiTY.

LiNA, Wi YOU TRADE WiTH ME? 

iF I CAN GET TO iT, I THiNK MAYBE I CAN FIX iT.

SO, Wi YOU TRADE? 

YES! MEENGER iS THE JOB I WANT MOST!

GRAY! I’M A  MEENGER!

 YOU AREN’T A MEENGER, DEAR, YOU’RE A SCHLGiRL.

BUT, GRAY, TODAY  WAS AiGNMENT DAY. I GOT MY JOB. AND I’M   A MEENGER! 

 I REMEMBER!  MEENGER, THAT’S A GRAND JOB! YOU’ BE GD AT iT.

WY-NA! WY-NA!

POY!  YOUR BiG SiSTER GOT A GD JOB! ARE YOU HAY, POY? ARE YOU PROUD OF ME? 

 YOU’ BE A FAMOUS MEENGER. FAST AND FAMOUS. HOYHOYHOY!

WE SURE HAVE A LOT OF STU, DON’T WE, POY?  NOTHiNG GETS THROWN AWAY HERE iN EMBER. WE, ALMOST NOTHiNG.  EM-BER!

I’M SO GLAD I’VE GOT YOU. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’D DO WiTHOUT YOU.  BA!

OH, YOU WANT TO S MY  DRAWiNGS? 

“THAT'S THE CiTY I S iN MY DREAMS, POY.

“iT iSN'T LiKE EMBER AT A. THE SKY IS LiGHT, AND THE BUiLDiNGS ARE TA AND SORT OF SPARKLE.

“I KP THiNKiNG THERE'S A DR SOMEWHERE, A DR THAT LEADS OUT OF EMBER. BEHiND THAT DR iS A ROAD. A ROAD TO MY CiTY.”

OH, POY, DO YOU THiNK HE COULD BE RiGHT? 

DN SAiD WE’RE RUiNG OUT OF EVERYTHiNG. WHAT HAENS iF WE RUN OUT OF FD? 

 F!

DON’T WOY. EVERYTHiNG Wi BE A RiGHT.

OH! HAVEN’T  YOU EATEN YET, YET, POY?  I’ GET YOUR BABY DRiNK. WAiT HERE.

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