The Diamond of Darkhold - 4 (27 page)

The City of Ember

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    “The cliff-hanger ending will leave readers clamoring for the next installment.”

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The People of Sparks

“Engrossing. A satisfying follow-up to the first book.”

—Booklist

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The Prophet of Yonwood

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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.

Copyright © 2008 by Jeanne DuPrau
Maps by Chris Riely

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
DuPrau, Jeanne.
The diamond of Darkhold / Jeanne DuPrau.—1st ed.
p.                                    cm.
Summary: When a roamer trades them an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember to seek the machine the book seems to describe in hopes that it will get their new community, Sparks, through the winter.
[1. Fantasy.]                  I. Title.
PZ7.D927Dic                                    2008                                    [Fic]—dc22                                    2007047929

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