Graphic Novel - City of Ember by Jeanne DuP

THE
GRAP HI C N O VEL
Jeanne DuPrau
Adapted by Dallas Middaugh
Art by niklas asker
Chapter Sampler
Now a Graphic Novel!
Jeanne DuPrau’s classic tells
the story of the city of Ember,
designed as a last refuge for
the human race. When the store-
rooms run out of food and the
lights begin to fail, it’s up to
Lina and Doon to decipher the
fragments of an ancient
parchment and find a way out.
D i s co ve r th e be st se l l i n g s e r ie s !
Play the game at BooksofEmber.com.
Keep reading for a sneak peek of The City of Ember . . .

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 AsSiGNMENT DAY
PEOPLE OF NOW, iSN’T iT?
THE HiGHEST GReETiNGS.
CLAsS. ANOTHER YEAR.
YES. JOB
YOU DRAW
TODAY iS
FOR THReE
YEARS.
“SO. LET US BEGiN.

WHO CARES TO BE FiRST?”
I WOULD
LiKE TO BE
FiRST.
LizZiE!
READ
iT OUT
LOUD.
SUpPLY
DEPOT
CLERK.
VERY GoOD.
A ViTAL JOB.
NEXT!
PiPEWORKS
LABORER.
OUT LOUD,
PLEASE.
SO
WET AND DANGEROUS!
COLD.
NEXT!
MEsSENGER.
BAD BEHAViOR!
GO TO YOUR SEAT
imMEDiATELY!
STUDENTS
SHOULD BE GLAD TO THEiR
WORK FOR THEiR CiTY. CiTiZENS BEST!
EMBER WIlL PROSPER DO
iF AlL—
BUT SiLENCE!
EMBER iS NOT
PROSPERiNG!
THE LiGHTS GO OUT AlL

THE TiME NOW, AND THERE
ARE SHORTAGES OF
EVERYTHiNG!
iF NO
ONE DOES ANYTHiNG
ABOUT iT, SOMETHiNG
TErRiBLE iS GOiNG
TO HApPEN!
MisS THORN.
WHO MiGHT THiS
YOUNG MAN BE?
I WIlL
I AM DoON REMEMBER
HArROW. YOU.
CONGRATULATiONS
TO AlL. WELCOME TO EMBER’S
WORKFORCE.
PoOR YOU!
I THOUGHT I PICKED A
BAD ONE, BUT YOU GOT
THE WORST.
THiS iS WHERE I
WANT TO BE, UP HERE
WHERE EVERYTHiNG
HApPENS, NOT DOWN
UNDERGROUND.
THE GENERATOR iS iN
LiNA, THE PiPEWORKS. iT TURNS
WilL YOU THE RiVER iNTO POWER
TRADE WiTH FOR THE CiTY.
ME?
iF I
CAN GET TO
iT, I THiNK
MAYBE I CAN
FIX iT.
SO, YES!
WilL YOU MEsSENGER iS
TRADE? THE JOB I WANT
MOST!
GRAnNY! I’M A
MEsSENGER!
YOU AREN’T
A MEsSENGER,
DEAR, YOU’RE A
SCHoOLGiRL.
BUT, GRAnNY, TODAY

WAS AsSiGNMENT DAY. I REMEMBER!
I GOT MY JOB. AND I’M MEsSENGER, THAT’S A
A MEsSENGER! GRAND JOB! YOU’lL BE
GoOD AT iT.
WY-NA!
WY-NA!
YOU’lL BE A FAMOUS
POpPY! MEsSENGER. FAST AND
YOUR BiG SiSTER FAMOUS.
GOT A GoOD JOB! HOpPYHOpPYHOpPY!
ARE YOU HApPY,
POpPY? ARE YOU
PROUD OF ME?
WE SURE HAVE A LOT
OF STUfF, DON’T WE, POpPY?
NOTHiNG GETS THROWN
AWAY HERE iN EMBER. WElL,
ALMOST NOTHiNG.
EM-BER!
I’M SO GLAD I’VE
GOT YOU. I LOVE YOU
SO MUCH, I DON’T
KNOW WHAT I’D DO
WiTHOUT YOU.
BA!
OH, YOU
WANT TO SeE MY
DRAWiNGS?
“THAT'S THE CiTY I SeE

iN MY DREAMS, POpPY.
“iT iSN'T LiKE EMBER AT AlL.

THE SKY IS LiGHT, AND THE
BUiLDiNGS ARE TAlL AND SORT
OF SPARKLE.
“I KeEP THiNKiNG THERE'S A DoOR SOMEWHERE,

A DoOR THAT LEADS OUT OF EMBER. BEHiND
THAT DoOR iS A ROAD. A ROAD TO MY CiTY.”
OH, POpPY,
DO YOU THiNK DoON SAiD
HE COULD WE’RE RUnNiNG OUT
BE RiGHT? OF EVERYTHiNG.
WHAT
HApPENS iF
WE RUN OUT
OF FoOD?
OH! HAVEN’T
FoO! YOU EATEN YET, POpPY?
I’lL GET YOUR BABY DRiNK.
WAiT HERE.
DON’T WOrRY.
EVERYTHiNG WilL BE
AlL RiGHT.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
either are the product of the author’s 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
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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 741.5’973—dc23 2011051619
MANUFACTURED IN CHINA
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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Play the game at BooksofEmber.com.

Keep reading for a sneak peek of The City of Ember . . .

“SO. LET US BEGiN.

THE LiGHTS GO OUT AlL

BUT, GRAnNY, TODAY

“THAT'S THE CiTY I SeE

“iT iSN'T LiKE EMBER AT AlL.

“I KeEP THiNKiNG THERE'S A DoOR SOMEWHERE,

Text copyright © 2012 by Jeanne DuPrau

All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House

Random House and the colophon are registered

Visit us on the Web! RandomHouse.com/kids

Educators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools,

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