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Prophet of Yonwood
Prophet of Yonwood | Jeanne DuPrau
7 posts | 40 read | 9 to read
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. "From the Hardcover edition.""
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BookDadGirlDad
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This was a delightful read about faith, love, and doing what is right. This is the "prequel" of the Ember series and highlights one of the first people to inhabit Ember. A very rich story that is easy and quick to read. Highly enjoyable.

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BookDadGirlDad
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Moving on to this. Trying to get series finished off.

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freeatlast1137
Prophet of Yonwood | Jeanne DuPrau
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Mehso-so

This is somehow the “third” book In the series but it‘s many years in the past before the city of ember is built.

A city follows the word of a prophet who had a vision of a world destroyed.

The whole storyline of this book really doesn‘t make sense to me.

mandarchy It's been many years since I've read these books, but I think the 4th book is better. Yonwood might be the weakest of the series. 3y
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Slajaunie
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Audio coloring! Stuck at home after eye surgery.

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ElizabethAndino
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Mehso-so

Took me awhile to get through this, thought about bailing a few times, but the ending was semi-worth it.