The People of Sparks

  Acknowledgments

  My gratitude to my patient agent, Nancy Gallt, my skilled editor, Jim Thomas, and my unfailingly supportive friend Susie Mader.

  JEANNE DUPRAU is the bestselling author of The City of Ember, The People of Sparks, and The Prophet of Yonwood. She lives in Menlo Park, California, where she keeps a big garden and a small dog.

  To learn more about Jeannie, visit her Web site at www.jeanneduprau.com.

  Also by Jeanne DuPrau

  THE CITY OF EMBER

  THE PROPHET OF YONWOOD

  Text copyright © 2004 by Jeanne DuPrau.

  All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  DuPrau, Jeanne.

  The people of Sparks / by Jeanne DuPrau. — 1st ed.

  p. cm.

  SUMMARY: Having escaped to the Unknown Regions, Lina and the others seek help from the village people of Sparks.

  eISBN: 978-0-375-89050-5

  [1. Fantasy.] I. Title. PZ7.D927Pe 2004 [Fic]—dc22 2003020760

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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Quote

  The Message

  P ART 1: Arrival

  1. What Torren Saw

  2. Out from Below

  3. Through the Village

  4. The Doctor’s House

  T HE F IRST T OWN M EETING

  5. The Pioneer

  6. Breakfast with Disaster

  7. A Day of New People

  8. The Roamer and the Bike

  9. Hard, Hungry Work

  10. Restless Weeks

  11. Tick’s Projects

  12. Caspar Arrives with a Surprise

  13. Taking Action

  P ART 2: Travelers and Warriors

  14. What Torren Did

  15. A Long, Hot Ride

  16. The Starving Roamer

  17. Doon Accused

  T HE S ECOND T OWN M EETING

  18. Caspar’s Quest

  19. Unfairness, and What to Do About It

  20. The City Destroyed

  21. Attack and Counterattack

  22. Discoveries

  T HE T HIRD T OWN M EETING

  23. Getting Ready for War

  P ART 3: The Decision

  24. What Torren Planned

  25. Dread at the Last Minute

  26. The Weapon

  27. Firefight

  28. Surprising Truths

  T HE F OURTH T OWN M EETING

  29. Three Amazing Visits

  Journey Through The Books Of Ember

  Acknowledgments

  About the Author

  Also by Jeanne DuPrau

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