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The Prophet of Yonwood
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Book of Ember: Book 3

The Prophet of Yonwood (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Jeanne DuPrau (Author) (edit contributors)

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It’s 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember, and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town’s respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction.... read more

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In a South Carolina town called Yonwood, fiery visions of the future come to a woman. She is named the Prophet of Yonwood and becomes highly respected in the town. The citizens cling to the woman's so-called visions from God, waiting to see what will happen to their terrorist threatened... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

In a South Carolina town called Yonwood, fiery visions of the future come to a woman. She is named the Prophet of Yonwood and becomes highly respected in the town. The citizens cling to the woman's so-called visions from God, waiting to see what will happen to their terrorist threatened country.

Nickie Randolph, an 11 year old girl, visits Yonwood with her aunt after the death of her great grandfaughter hoping to make his old house her new home. She starts to learn of the Prophet's vision and the strange ways of the town. She trys to fit into these ways and help the world by doing good things as she, along with the citizens of Yonwood, wait to see what becomes of the anticipated War of their world.

Characters/People edit see section history

  • Nickie Randolph: Nickie is the eleven year old girl, and is the main character in the book.
  • Althea Tower: A lady that unexpectedly gets a prophecy of destruction; often referred to as the "Prophet of Yonwood"
  • Aunt Crystal: Nickie's aunt.
  • Amanda Stokes: A young girl who lives in Yonwood. She used to take care of Nickie's great-grandfather before he died.
  • Grover: Grover is a boy that meets Nickie. He loves his to pet snakes and he is very interested in nature and wildlife.
  • Brenda Beeson: A lady that lives in Yonwood with her dog Sausage. She is a friend of the prophet of Yonwood and runs the city with her rules.
  • Otis: Nickie's dog that she found
  • Hoyt Mccoy: A strange adult who is the typical hermit.
  • Martin: Martin is a minor character in this story. He was a friend of Grover's and is kind to Nickie.
  • Granny Carrie: An adult who is accepting of change. She is Grover's granny.
  • Len: A weird real estate agent that Nickie's aunt likes.
  • Officer Gurney: A person who shouldn't take orders from anyone but does.
  • Andy: Add a description of this character.
  • Rachel: Nickie's mother
  • Terrorist: The people of Yonwood believe that there is a terrorist in the woods.
  • Nicki's dad: Nickie's dad who sends confusing postcards to her from work.
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “All over the world, people who believed in one truth fought against people who believed in a different truth, all of them believing their's was the only real truth, and all of them willing to do anything – absolutely anything - to defend it.”
    Narrator
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  • “You should think about what’s the right thing to do. Not just take someone’s word for it.”
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  • P.S. Three sparrows came to the bird feeder today!
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  • “In this life,” said Granny Carrie, “you don’t get to have things perfect. Life is messy, no way around it.”
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  • Because clearly not all these people who said that God spoke to them heard the same thing. All the fighting nations said God was on their side. How could God be on everyone’s side?
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  • “Remember, I am here, too, along with other things you can’t see. The world is full of endless strange surprises.”
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  • I’d say that you look to see if what you’re doing causes harm. If it hurts anyone. If so, it’s probably not good.”
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  • something is hard? Just because it means making a sacrifice? No, no, no. That’s what faith is, isn’t it? Believing even when you don’t understand.”
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  • Or if no one finds it, then it can all be for God. Only not for the Prophet’s God, her mean, picky God who dislikes so many things. It’s for my God, the god of dogs and snakes and dust mites and albino bears and Siamese twins, the god of stars and starships and other dimensions, the god who loves everyone and who makes everything marvelous.
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  • This was being in love, wasn’t it? Looking forward to seeing him every day, feeling like a hole was ripped in her heart when he was gone, jumping for joy when he came back, not minding if he smelled bad, wanting to take care of him, actually liking the dirty and funny-looking parts of him? Surely it was being in love.
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  • Sometimes it takes much longer than you think it will to reach the goals you set for yourself. And sometimes—as it happened with Nickie—you reach your goals in strange and unpredictable ways.
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

First Sentence edit see section history

On a warm July afternoon in the town of Yonwood, North Carolina, a woman named Althea Tower went out to her back yard to fill the bird feeder.

Table of Contents edit see section history

THE VISION
1. The Inheritance
2. The Third Floor
3. The Girl in the Closet
4. Break-In
5. The Fiery Vision
6. Mrs. Beeson's Idea
7. The Short Way Home
8. A Crack in the Sky
9. At the Prophet's House
10. The Photograph and the Journal
11. Trouble Spots
12. Inside the Backyard Shed
13. The Perfect Living Room
14. Someone in the Basement
15. Up in the Woods
16. The Snake's Dinner
17. Hoyt McCoy's terrible house
18. What Grover Saw
19. Blue Envelopes
20. Orders
21. Getting Ready for th Open House
22. An Indoor Universe
23. The Emergency Meeting
24. The Bracelet
25. The Open House
26. Catastrophe
27. The Chase
28. One More Trip to the Woods
29. The Last Day
30. Nickie and the Prophet
31. Love
WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARD

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 4 in Book of Ember. (standard series)

Preceded by The People of Sparks, and followed by The Diamond of Darkhold.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jeanne DuPrau (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Country: USA
Publication Date: 9 May 2006
ISBN: 0375875263
Page Count: 289

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.D927
  • Dewey: 813

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Artemis Fowl
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  • The Titan's Curse
  • The Burning Bridge
  • The City of Ember
  • The People of Sparks
  • The Diamond of Darkhold

Books That Influenced This Book edit see section history

   
  • The City of Ember
  • The People of Sparks

Books Influenced by This Book edit see section history

   
  • The Diamond of Darkhold

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