The People of Sparks

By Jeanne DePrau

     The People of Sparks is is the sequal to the book The City of Ember. The People of Sparks is about a small city called Sparks. In this book, the people of Ember find the city of Sparks and are forced to live there. The council of Sparks dicided they could stay until winter and then they would have to build their own town. There was barely any food for the people of sparks on their own because of the Disaster. The Disaster was when there was four wars and three plagues and most of the world's population died because of it. This left barren cities, empty homes, and people called "roamers". They travel the country going through cities and finding any hidden food or interesting items. Then, they return to their home city and sell them. Lina, a twelve year old girl, sneaks onto a roamer's truck and finds an old city. When she returns, she finds that extreme bickering and shortness of food is causing fighting and talks of war. Now, it is up to her and her friend Doon to stop a war before it starts.

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. * * * *