书名：The City of Ember Complete Boxed Set微光之城系列4册 

难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数680L 

作者：Jeanne DuPrau 

出版社名称：Yearling 

出版时间：2016 

语种：英文 

ISBN：9780399551642 

商品尺寸：13.7 x 7.4 x 19.7 cm 

包装：盒装 

页数：352几个世代以来，微光城市的居民，在地底的光线中繁衍生息。这个地底世界是人类的末日避难所，由巨大的发电机在驱动着，可以维持两百年之久。现在，微光城市要落入黑暗中，因为发电机发生了故障，能源即将消耗殆尽，光明开始闪烁和黯淡。 微光城市的所有学生们在12岁毕业那天都要接受「分配日」的必经考验，在这一天市长会亲自站在毕业生的面前，让他们抽签决定自己要在社会中的哪个领域工作。莉娜拼命地祈求自己可以抽到信使，结果被分配到打死她也不想去的地下水道区。她的同学哈洛，则是一心只想去看守发电机，抽出被分配到信使工作时，他惊慌失措了！ 地下水道虽不是发电机，但是也满接近了，于是哈洛要求莉娜和他交换分配到的任务。她既兴奋又感激，迫不及待地想和他交换工作，于是产生了意外的一段友谊，在开花结果之后，即将改变微光城市所有居民的命运。莉娜来回穿梭在整个微光城市，递送重要的任务给更重要的人，回到家里，她要照顾年迈又健忘的祖母，还有她年幼的妹妹波琵。当他们家中的衣橱里意外发现一个大金属箱时，莉娜的祖母欣喜若狂，她坚信箱子里的东西非常重要，却怎么也想不起来是为什么？ 莉娜好不容易撬开了锁，在箱子里找到了几张用密码写成的纸条。她看不懂这上面写的是什么意思，不过她知道这些文件很重要，于是请来哈洛帮忙解读出这些密码的涵义。 城市里愈来愈常停电了，莉娜和哈洛发现箱子里的秘密，可能就是拯救城市和其他居民的希望。现在他们要和时间赛跑，透过有限的线索，对付贪污腐败的政客和不好惹的人物；他们没有退路，只能破釜沉舟地往前行，才能让微光城市重获光明。 The City of Ember Complete Boxed Set《微光之城系列》包含如下4册书： The City of Ember The People of Sparks The Diamond of Darkhold The Prophet of Yonwood With more than 3.5 million copies sold, the City of Ember books are modern-day classics. Lina and Doon's heart-pounding journey to save their people has captivated readers around the world, and the four adventures are boxed together here for the very first time! Escape the Dark. Discover the Adventure. The city of Ember was built as a last refuge for the human race. But now with terrifying blackouts sweeping through the streets, Lina and Doon know it’s only a matter of time before the lights go out and never come back on again. When Lina finds part of an ancient message, she’s sure it holds a secret that will save Ember. Together, she and Doon explore long-forgotten parts of their dying city as they race to solve the mystery. If they succeed, they will have to convince everyone to follow them into danger and an exciting new world. But if they fail? The lights will burn out and the darkness will close in forever. This complete boxed set includes: The City of Ember The People of Sparks The Diamond of Darkhold The Prophet of Yonwood JEANNE DuPRAUis the New York Times bestselling author of the City of Ember books, which have been translated into multiple languages and are an award-winning staple in elementary school classrooms. She's also the author of Escape the Vortex, a title in the multiplatform sci-fi adventure series Voyagers. Jeanne lives in Menlo Park, California. The City of Ember The People of Sparks The Diamond of Darkhold The Prophet of Yonwood When the city of Ember was just built and not yet inhabited, the chief builder and the assistant builder, both of them weary, sat down to speak of the future. “They must not leave the city for at least two hundred years,” said the chief builder. “Or perhaps two hundred and twenty’ “Is that long enough?” asked his assistant. “It should be. We can’t know for sure.” “And when the time comes,” said the assistant, “how will they know what to do?” “We’ll provide them with instructions, of course,” the chief builder replied. “But who will keep the instructions? Who can we trust to keep them safe and secret all that time?” “The mayor of the city will keep the instructions,” said the chief builder. “We’ll put them in a box with a timed lock, set to open on the proper date.” “And will we tell the mayor what’s in the box?” the assistant asked. “No, just that it’s information they won’t need and must not see until the box opens of its own accord.” “So the first mayor will pass the box to the next mayor, and that one to the next, and so on down through the years, all of them keeping it secret, all that time? “What else can we do?” asked the chief builder. “Nothing about this endeavor is certain. There may be no one left in the city by then or no safe place for them to come back to.” So the first mayor of Ember was given the box, told to guard it carefully, and solemnly sworn to secrecy. When she grew old, and her time as mayor was up, she explained about the box to her successor, who also kept the secret carefully, as did the next mayor. Things went as planned for many years. But the seventh mayor of Ember was less honorable than the ones who’d come before him, and more desperate. He was ill—he had the coughing sickness that was common in the city then—and he thought the box might hold a secret that would save his life. He took it from its hiding place in the basement of the Gathering Hall and brought it home with him, where he attacked it with a hammer. But his strength was failing by then. All he managed to do was dent the lid a little. And before he could return the box to its official hiding place or tell his successor about it, he died. The box ended up at the back of a closet, shoved behind some old bags and bundles. There it sat, unnoticed, year after year, until its time arrived, and the lock quietly clicked open.