![]() I loved it, and all three brothers I’ve shared it with since I read the book also enjoyed it. She also wrote Escape the Vortex, part of the multiplatform sci-fi adventure series Voyagers. She has no children but lots of hobbies when she isn’t practicing or spending time. JEANNE DuPRAU is the New York Times bestselling author of the City of Ember books, which have been translated into multiple languages and are a time-honored staple in elementary school classrooms. DuPrau resides in Menlo Park, California, and she drives a hybrid car that can run on electricity and gasoline. Jeanne DuPrau nació el 9 de junio del año 1944 en la ciudad de San Francisco, California (Estados Unidos). Born in 1944, she is well known to readers for her work on the popular series, the Book of Ember. There was also some dishonesty and sneaking around that went on that didn’t sit so well with me.īut overall, this was a fun, engaging story with a slight mystery element and a strong emphasis on friendship and working together for the greater good. Jeanne DuPrau is an American author of fiction. She lives in Menlo Park, California, and drives a hybrid car that runs on a combination of gas and electricity. ![]() It had a feminist slant (the female characters were expected to work alongside and do the same things the men did), and that bothered me a little. Jeanne DuPrau is the author of The New York Timesbestseller The City of Ember and its companion The People of Sparks. Duff Pringle is heading across the country, aiming for his new job in technology in Californias Silicon Valley. ![]() I didn’t agree with everything in the story. Car Trouble is a novel by Jeanne DuPrau published in 2005 about a man named Duff Pringle who travels across the country for a dream job. I may or may not have invented jobs for myself just so I could keep listening-I love it when a book does that to me! I was engrossed in the story from nearly the first page, and I had a hard time putting the book down when I had to go do other things. Instead of taking a regular job, she joined the Peace Corps and was sent to India (1963-1965). Jeanne DuPrau, Author Greenwillow Books 15.99 (274p) ISBN 978-0-06-073672-9 Like the 49ers before him, 17-year-old Duff Pringle leaves his East Coast home to seek his fortune in California. She attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, earning her BA in 1963. The characters themselves were also dynamic, a little foolish at times, and courageous-everything you could want in good characters, really. The City of Ember Try: Lionboy by Zizou Corder Nancy Farmer Nancy was born in 1941 in Phoenix. DuPrau did an amazing job creating this story world, and I had a lot of fun exploring it through the eyes of the characters. What a unique, fun story! Admittedly, I haven’t read that many dystopian or sci-fi books, so I could be wrong about my assessment of the book, but it felt like one of the most unique settings I’ve ever found myself in inside a book.
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