Very good on themes, story and style are not as polished as other two books

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	• The Prophet of Yonwood (Books of Ember) Jeanne Duprau Yearling, 2007 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 77 reviews view larger image
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Yonwood hits close to home!

This is such an insightful exploration of important themes in our world today. I applaud Ms. DuPrau for having the moxie to deliver a piece of work that tries to show the innocence that guides a young person's perception of spirituality and the damage that hypocritical, self-righteous adults do when they claim to know God's will for the lives of others.
When I started reading reviews of this book I knew it must have struck a chord that made some reader/reviewers squirm. Impactful writing seems to generate strong reactions if not objective ones. We tend to NOT encourage things that will actually drive us to examine and reconsider popular or "fair and balanced" judgementalism from sources that proclaim to be right in media and government.
Having not read the other two books, I took the advice of a kid review and started with this prequel. It was great advice and I cannot wait to continue with the others to look for traces of Nickie's writing. This book is a goldmine for work with classrooms as young as fifth grade. I just finished working with some fifth grade reading groups who would gobble this up like they did with Margaret Peterson Haddix's work. It would open the door for young people to examine their own dreams and fears of the future our world seems headed for and discuss things they could do to make positive change.
I look forward to Ms. DuPrau providing another chapter between Yonwood and Ember. I'd be first in line to buy it!

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You'll love this book

If you like action, drama, mystery, realistic details and comments that just make you laugh, you should read The Prophet of Yonwood. You'll love this book.

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A Great and Exciting Book

The Prophet of Yonwood was the best book in the Ember series. I think DuPrau does a great job of tying the book in with The City of Ember and The People of Sparks. I never though that the journal Lina and Doon found would be Nickie's. To those who haven't read a book in the Ember series: Read The Prophet of Yonwood first, then The City of Ember, and lastly The People of Sparks. You will understand all three books better. I haven't finished The People of Sparks yet, but I know it will be exciting. The Prophet Of Yonwood is great book!

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Very good on themes, story and style are not as polished as other two books

My kids and I enjoyed the first two "Books of Ember" very much. The important themes of each story (community, environment, war) were integrated almost seamlessly with the narrative. We liked this one as well, but found there to be a number of "dead spots" in the story that made it more difficult to get through. If I had to guess I would say that this story was likely written first, but the City of Ember was published first because of the more compelling and novel premise of an underground city. The writing style flows less well and it is not as tightly written as the other two.

On the other hand, the thematic dimensions of this story, if anything, are broader than those of the other two. In both of the other stories the overarching concern was with how an individual can make a difference to events that are happening around her. Here, the question really is what the individual can do in the face of events she is powerless to prevent. This is when people often turn either to faith or despair, and in that context this book deals very well with themes of religion and sacrifice and of tolerance or dogmatism. The fact that no one was "evil" but that their actions could be harmful provided a good opportunity for me and my children to discuss the nature of "evil." (My kids are old enough, also, to see the obvious parallels between the situation depicted in the story and the contemporary situation of the United States, and that led to other important discussions.) Strongly recommended for fans of the other two novels -- which I would recommend reading first even though this one comes first chronologically.

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