Posts Tagged ‘underground’
Freefall
Freefall (Book 3, Tunnels Series)
The Chicken House, 2010
Fantasy
ISBN: 0545138779
608 pages
Synopsis
DEEPER sent Will and Chester into FREEFALL—tumbling through the subterranean Pore with the evil Rebecca twins in hot pursuit, both toting phials of the lethal Dominion virus. When, where, will they ever land?! Just when the drop seems infinite, the boys hit bottom, and find themselves in a realm of near-zero gravity atop a giant spongy fungus stuffed with artifacts from some lost golden age. But they are not alone. And above ground, black-clad Styx are sprouting like poison mushrooms, dead-set on spreading their plague! …
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Deeper
The Chicken House, 2009
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0439871786
656 pages
Synopsis
Now on a quest to the deeps with his best friend Chester and his brother Cal, Will Burrows and the boys begin to discover that things are more than they seem to be. Initially in search of his father, Dr. Burrows, Will is rescued by a pair of rebels who have been tracking them across the Great Plain. These two insurgents reveal that the Styx have been plotting to unleash deadly diseases on the surface in order to wipe out the Topsoilers and reclaim what they believe to be rightfully theirs. …
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City of Ember – Film
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, 2008
Fantasy
ISBN: B001LPWGBO
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Lina Mayfield and her friend Doon Harrow are about to graduate from school and get their lifelong jobs. Everything seems normal until Doon throws the job he’s plucked from the bag onto the floor, and in a heated rage complains about the dilapidating state of the city of Ember, their home. Soon, though, it becomes apparent that Ember is a city different than any other city known on earth. The Builders have made a self-sufficient city underground as an experiment in order to save humanity in case the world above becomes completely destroyed. …
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Tunnels
The Chicken House, 2007
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0439871778
480 pages
Synopsis
Young Will Burrows feels estranged from his life and his family. He has only one friend at school, and it almost seems as if no one in his family is actually related to him. The only interest he shares with his father is their love for digging up archaeological remains around London. Suddenly, though, his father disappears, and Will must figure out what was behind it. …
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The City of Ember
Random House Books for Young Readers, 2003
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0375822739
288 pages
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Lina Mayfield and her friend Doon Harrow are about to graduate from school and get their lifelong jobs. Everything seems normal until Doon throws the job he’s plucked from the bag onto the floor, and in a heated rage complains about the dilapidating state of the city of Ember, their home. …
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