The People of Sparks (29 page)

                    
Acknowledgments

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

J
EANNE
D
U
P
RAU
has been a teacher, an editor, and a technical writer.
The People of Sparks
is her second novel and the sequel to the highly acclaimed
The City of Ember
. Ms. DuPrau lives in Menlo Park, California, where she keeps a big garden and a small dog.

Also by Jeanne DuPrau

THE CITY OF EMBER

Text copyright © 2004 by Jeanne DuPrau.

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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 0-375-89050-5

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

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