Now racing against the clock, the two follow the clues, cleverly maneuvering around corrupt politicians and unsavory characters hoping to keep them from their goal: restoring the light in the City of Ember. As blackouts in the city become more frequent, Lina and Doon realize that the information inside that box could lead to the salvation of their city and their fellow citizens. Unable to piece the papers together, Lina resolves to decipher their meaning and enlists Doon’s help. Lina manages to jimmy the lock open, and discovers some cryptic and decrepit papers inside. Completely sure that the contents of the box are of the utmost importance, she is completely bereft of any memory as to why. When an old metal box is discovered in their closet, Lina’s grandmother is overjoyed. In room 8, one student, Lina Mayfleet, draws the job of Pipe-works. At home she cares for her aging and forgetful grandmother, and her baby sister Poppy. They are assigned jobs at random by drawing pieces of paper from a bag held by the mayor.
Lina takes easily to the job of messenger and finds herself zipping all over Ember, delivering important missives to even more important people, including the mayor himself. Thus, an unlikely friendship is born, one that, as it blossoms, will change the course of all the lives in Ember. She is thrilled and grateful and eagerly changes jobs.
The Pipeworks isn't the Generator, but it is close enough and Doon offers to swap assignments with Lina. Her classmate, Doon Harrow, who wants more than nothing else to work in the Generator, panics when he pulls the messenger assignment. Lina, praying with all her might to be a messenger, is appalled to be assigned to the Pipeworks, the vast network of pipes underneath the city. Unequivocally honest and unyielding in the pursuit of truth, Doon recognizes the duplicity of the mayor long before he finds actual proof of the man’s depraved character. About author:Jeanne DuPrau has been a teacher, an editor, and a technical writer.
A rite of passage for all graduates, it is Assignment Day, the day on which the Mayor himself will stand before the graduating students as they choose, by lottery, how they will spend their lives working for their society. Despite growing concern for the future of their beloved city, Ember’s students find themselves confronting the next step in their lives.
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The city is powered by a generator which is slowly. Now Ember is falling into darkness as the generator fails, and the dazzling lights begin to flicker and fade. The City of Ember is a post-apocalyptic city built underground to protect its citizens from a disaster. Built as a refuge for humanity and powered by a massive generator - this city will only sustain for 200 years. These two pieces are really cool One shows all the Mayors of Ember. For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights - underground. Very little of this kind of pre-production concept art type stuff around from this film. 58 Metascore 2008 1 hr 35 mins Fantasy, Science Fiction PG Watchlist Two teens race against time to save the City of Ember after the underground refuges massive generator fails.
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