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Jeanne Duprau and The City of Ember

Jeanne Duprau and The City of Ember. Books. The City of Ember The People of Sparks The Prophet of Yonwood The Diamond of Darkhold Car Trouble Cloning And more!. Facts. Born in June, 1944 Lives in Menlo, California Currently owns a Norfolk Terrier named Jockey

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Jeanne Duprau and The City of Ember

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  1. Jeanne Duprau and The City of Ember

  2. Books • The City of Ember • The People of Sparks • The Prophet of Yonwood • The Diamond of Darkhold • Car Trouble • Cloning • And more!

  3. Facts • Born in June, 1944 • Lives in Menlo, California • Currently owns a Norfolk Terrier named Jockey • Outside of writing she has been an ice skater, bird watcher, mediator, house builder, gardener, piano player, and a gourmet vegetarian cook.

  4. Facts • Attended Scripps College, got a BA in English literature- 1966 and University of California Berkeley. • She began writing when she was six. She loved to write about mysterious things. • Jeanne likes gardening and music • Her Father (James) was a steel and company executive and her mother Dolly was a painter and homemaker.

  5. Awards • American Library Association Notable Book • Kirkus 2003 Editor's Choice • Publisher's Weekly Flying Start • Borders Original Voices • Several weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List (Children's Paperback Fiction) • New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing

  6. Awards • Child Magazine, Best Children's Books of 2003 • Winner for children's literature, California Book Awards, Commonwealth Club of California • Chapman Award for Shared Reading

  7. Awards • State readers' choice award winner in: Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Kansas, Indiana, Nevada, Missouri, and New Mexico.

  8. Utopia • An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. • What would your Utopia look like?

  9. Distopia • An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically an environmentally degraded one. • What would your Distopia look like?

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