Adults Are Useless: While most of the adults in the series aren't evil, they seem quite complacent to sit around while the city of Ember dies, they try to incite a war that could only lead to disaster, and they just accept the words of Mrs.The diamonds are ancient technology that turns solar power into electricity. There are exactly one thousand diamonds in a hidden room in the cave. The diamond hits the rock that Lina is standing on and shatters into hundreds of pieces. In The Diamond Of Darkhold, Doon throws the diamond he found in Darkhold at a pack of wolves to save Lina.Slightly tweaked in the film adaptation the box was meant to be passed from mayor to mayor, but the box was lost when one mayor died while in the role, with his family inheriting the box without knowing what it was for.The "Instructions for Egress" had been kept in a safe in a special place of honor for years until about fifty or sixty years earlier, then the mayor took it home and tried to open it, never replacing the safe but instead, having it shoved into a closet to be forgotten and unseen even as its timed lock opened.In The City of Ember, the "Instructions for Egress" were mostly ruined by Lina's baby sister, Poppy, chewing on them this turned what would have otherwise been a very quick and simple quest into a much more difficult and time-consuming ordeal as they tried to piece together what remained of the instructions.Not to be confused with the Emberverse series. 2008 saw the release of a film adaptation of the first book, starring Saoirse Ronan and Bill Murray, as well as the last book in the series, The Diamond of Darkhold, which takes place after Sparks. A prequel to the series called The Prophet of Yonwood was released in 2006 and focuses on a different set of characters. A sequel titled The People of Sparks was released the following year and picks up right where Ember leaves off. The book was released in 2003 and became surprisingly popular. Meanwhile, Lina and Doon have to confront a conspiracy that wishes to keep the truth under wraps. Unfortunately, it was badly damaged by Lina's little sister Poppy chewing on it, making the note difficult to decipher. In the midst of this chaos, Lina discovers an old note that appears to tell of a way out of Ember. It won't be long until the entire city fails and becomes cloaked in eternal darkness. At the same time, the food left in the city is beginning to grow scarce, without any way to replenish its stores. However, the generator is beginning to fail, causing blackouts that are increasing in both frequency and length. The city is surrounded by darkness in all directions and so relies on a hydroelectric generator to keep the town alight and running. The first book, The City of Ember, introduces us to Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow, who live in Ember. The Books of Ember is a four-book post-apocalyptic children's series that follows two children as they learn more about their city, the titular City of Ember, its past, and their world.
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