![]() If only the boy would have told his father about X, things would have gone better. The boy gets angry sometimes, and his father talks to him about it, and the boy tries throughout the book to get a grip on his anger with varying success. Their own problems they struggle to resolve. They each have their own plots, and their own character arcs. Two POV characters, one boy and one girl. That's a recommendation beyond anything I can give it.Ībout a week ago, I went on a car trip with Oot, and we listened to this book together. Then, of his own volition while walking through the hallway, he'd pulled it off the shelf, sat down, and started to read it again. He'd read it with his mom a over a month's worth of bedtimes. He wasn't just flipping through a picture book, either. Maybe 18 months ago, I came out of my office to find my 5 year old son laying in the hallway reading a book. But they agree on walks, naps, and trips in the car to surprise destinations. Ethan is not very fond of reading, for example, and Jeanne doesn't much like chasing squirrels. Jeanne and Ethan get along well, though their interests are different. Jeanne DuPrau doesn't have children, but she has two nephews, a niece, and a dog. She lives in California, where it's easy to grow everything from apples to zinnias. Jeanne DuPrau doesn't write every minute of every day. So far, she has written four novels, six books of nonfiction, and quite a few essays and stories. So many words to choose from! So many different things that could happen in a story at any moment! Writing is one tough decision after another.īut it's also the most satisfying thing she knows how to do. This gives her courage, because she finds writing very hard. She has this quote taped to her wall: "A writer is someone for whom writing is harder than it is for other people" (Thomas Mann). Jeanne DuPrau spends several hours of every day at her computer, thinking up sentences. Ella y Doon aprovecharán sus respectivos oficios para tratar de hallar una salida a la desesperada situación en la que se encuentran. Cuando la chica encuentra un pael que dice "Instrucciones para salir" poco a poco cae en la cuenta de que ahí puede haber una solución a los problemas. Su amigo Doon se ocupa de reparar las tuberías bajo tierra. Lina, una niña de trece años, acaba de empezar a trabajar como mensajera, y ello le facilita el acceso a ciertos secretos. ![]() Todos se preguntan qué pasará cuando el generador central, que funciona gracias a un río subterráneo, se estropee del todo. Pero llega un día en que poco a poco, dejan de estarlo y para colmo las luces de las farolas y todos los focos empiezan a parpadear. Los habitentes de Las Ascuas han vivido confortablemente durante doscientos cincuenta años, mientras sus comercios han estado bien abastecidos. Más alla de la ciudad se encuentran las Regiones Desconocidas, que nadie ha explorado todavía. ![]() La ciudad ha sido construida bajo tierra y las únicas luces que la iluminan doce horas al día provienen de las farolas.
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