Book of the Week: The People of Sparks

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People of Sparks by Jeanne DuPrau

If you like adventure books, then you'll love The People Of Sparks. It is about two curious kids ( Doon and Lina ) who go on a secret mission to save Ember and all of its citizens. This isn't without loss. Death, struggle, and lack of motivation are only a few of things they had to overcome. When they finally make it out of the underground city of Ember it took them days to make it to Sparks. When they first arrived they were partly greeted and partly hated. As the stay grew longer so did the peoples' hate. Lina and her adoptive mother as well as her little sister Poppy were lucky enough to get a house to stay in with one of the doctors of the town. This was because after the long journey to Sparks, Poppy had caught an illness. The doctor had nephews that lived with her. Toren was one of the nephews and Casper was the other. Casper was a Roamer. Being a Roamer is a dangerous job, it means that you venture out into the regions of this post apocalyptic world. When Lina heard that Casper was going on an adventure to the city she'd dreamed of seeing, she had to go, so she did. Casper's goal was to find an old treasure buried in the rumble. The day of the departure, Lina snuck into a barrel on the back of the wagon... Do they make it out alive? Does Casper find the gem? Read The People Of Sparks to find out.