Nene Award
2009 · Children's Fiction · Recommended
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Citizens of Ember shall be assigned work at twelve years of age...
LINA MAYFLEET desperately wants to be a messenger. Instead, she draws the dreaded job of Pipeworks laborer, which means she'll be working in damp tunnels deep underground.
DOON HARROW draws messenger--and asks Lina to trade! Doon wants to be underground. That's where the generator is, and Doon has ideas about how to fix it. For as long as anyone can remember, the great lights of Ember have kept the endless darkness at bay. But now the lights are beginning to flicker. .. .
LINA MAYFLEET desperately wants to be a messenger. Instead, she draws the dreaded job of Pipeworks laborer, which means she'll be working in damp tunnels deep underground.
DOON HARROW draws messenger--and asks Lina to trade! Doon wants to be underground. That's where the generator is, and Doon has ideas about how to fix it. For as long as anyone can remember, the great lights of Ember have kept the endless darkness at bay. But now the lights are beginning to flicker. .. .
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Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2008 · Young Adult · Nominee
Georgia Children's Book Award
2008 · Children's Book (Grades 4 - 8) · Nominee
Nene Award
2008 · Children's Fiction · Recommended
Buckeye Children's Book Award
2007 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Colorado Children's Book Award
2006 · Junior Novel · Nominee
Flicker Tale Children's Book Award
2006 · Juvenile · Nominee
Garden State Teen Book Award
2006 · Fiction (Grades 6-8) · Winner
Golden Sower Award
2006 · Grades 4-6 · Honor Book
Grand Canyon Reader Award
2006 · Teen · Nominee
Iowa Teen Award
2006 · Young Adult · Nominee
Land of Enchantment Book Award
2006 · Young Adult · Winner
Massachusetts Children's Book Award
2006 · Children's Book · Honor Book
Nevada Young Readers' Award
2006 · Intermediate · Winner
Nutmeg Book Award
2006 · Intermediate · Winner
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award
2006 · Grades 4-8 · Nominee
Sasquatch Award
2006 · Children/Young Adult · Winner
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2006 · Junior Book · Nominee
West Virginia Children's Book Award
2006 · Children's · Honor Book
William Allen White Childens Book Award
2006 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Young Hoosier Book Award
2006 · Intermediate · Winner
Young Hoosier Book Award
2006 · Middle Grades · Nominee
Young Reader's Choice Award
2006 · Intermediate/Grades 7-9 · Nominee
Beehive Award
2005 · Fiction · Winner
Black-Eyed Susan Award
2005 · Grades 6-9 · Winner
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
2005 · Grades 4-6 · Honor Book
Colorado Blue Spruce Award
2005 · Young Adult · Nominee
Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
2005 · Children's · Nominee
Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award
2005 · Children's · Nominee
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award
2005 · Grades 6-8 · Nominee
Rhode Island Teen Book Award
2005 · Ages 12 & Up · Nominee
Sequoyah Book Award
2005 · Children's · Nominee
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2005 · Grades 3-5 · Winner
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
2005 · Grades 6-8 · Winner
Volunteer State Book Award
2005 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Volunteer State Book Award
2005 · Young Adult · Nominee
Great Stone Face Book Award
2004 · Grades 4-6 · Nominee
Texas Lone Star Reading List
2004 · Young Adult · Commended
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