The City of Ember

The City of Ember

(DuPrau, Jeanne; 2003; New York: Random House; 270 pages; ISBN 9780375822735)

Ember is a domed (and doomed?), underground city built to help ensure the future of the human race.  Set in the year 241, the story follows 12-year-old Lina and Doon who are given new permanent jobs that lead them to investigate the peril that Ember and its inhabitants may be in.

Ages 8-12

Found

Found

(Haddix, Margaret Peterson; 2008; New York: Simon & Schuster; ISBN 9781416954170)

Found is the first book in The Missing series, in which a group of 13-year-old children who have all been adopted by various families discover the strange story of their origin: they were on board a plane that delivered 36 babies, unaccompanied by adults, and then disappeared.  Two of those children now lead the effort to discover the truth about this mystery.

Ages 10-14