Th e g ra P h i C nO Vel

Jeanne DuPrau
adapted by Dallas MiDDaugh art by niklas asker

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Now a Graphic Novel!

Jeanne DuPraus classic tells the story of the city of Ember, designed as a last refuge for the human race. When the storerooms run out of food and the lights begin to fail, its up to Lina and Doon to decipher the fragments of an ancient parchment and find a way out.

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it is written in the book of the city of Ember that Ember was made long ago by the 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 GR TiNGS. ANOTHER YEAR.

iGNMENT DAY NOW, iSNT iT?

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! GO TO YOUR SEAT i EDiATELY!

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 OF EVERYTHiNG!

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

Mi THORN. WHO MiGHT THiS YOUNG MAN BE?

I AM D N HA OW.

I WI REMEMBER YOU.

CONGRATULATiONS TO A . WELCOME TO EMBERS 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.

LiNA, Wi YOU TRADE WiTH ME?

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

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 ME

Y! IM A ENGER!

YOU ARENT A ME ENGER, DEAR, YOURE A SCH LGiRL.

BUT, GRA Y, TODAY WAS A iGNMENT DAY. I GOT MY JOB. AND IM A ME ENGER!

I REMEMBER! ME ENGER, THATS 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?

HO

YHO

YHO

Y!

YOU BE A FAMOUS ME ENGER. FAST AND FAMOUS.

WE SURE HAVE A LOT OF STU , DONT WE, PO Y? NOTHiNG GETS THROWN AWAY HERE iN EMBER. WE , ALMOST NOTHiNG. EM-BER!

IM SO GLAD IVE GOT YOU. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, I DONT KNOW WHAT ID 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, AD 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 WERE RU iNG OUT OF EVERYTHiNG. WHAT HA ENS iF WE RUN OUT OF F D?

OH! HAVENT YOU EATEN YET, PO Y? I GET YOUR BABY DRiNK. WAiT HERE.

DONT WO Y. EVERYTHiNG Wi BE A RiGHT.

This is a work of fiction. names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously. any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. Text copyright 2012 by Jeanne DuPrau Cover art and interior illustrations copyright 2012 by niklas asker all rights reserved. Published in the united states by random house Childrens Books, a division of random house, inc., new York. random house and the colophon are registered trademarks of random house, inc. Visit us on the web! randomhouse.com/kids educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at randomhouse.com/teachers Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Middaugh, Dallas. The city of ember : the graphic novel / Jeanne DuPrau ; adapted by Dallas Middaugh ; art by niklas asker ; color by niklas asker and Bo ashi ; lettering by Chris Dickey. 1st ed. p. cm. summary: in the year 241, twelve-year-old lina trades jobs on assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse unknown regions. isBn 978-0-375-86821-4 (trade) isBn 978-0-375-96821-1 (lib. bdg.) isBn 978-0-307-97910-0 (ebook) isBn 978-0-375-86793-4 (pbk.) 1. graphic novels. [1. graphic novels. 2. Fantasy.] i. asker, niklas, ill. ii. DuPrau, Jeanne. City of ember. iii. Title. PZ7.7.M5Ci 2012 741.5973dc23 2011051619 ManuFaCTureD in China 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First edition random house Childrens Books supports the First amendment and celebrates the right to read.

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