Author guide
Jeanne DuPrau Books in Order
Jeanne DuPrau is an American author who has worked as a teacher, editor, and technical writer. She began by writing nonfiction, including books about adoption, computers, science, and American history, and later wrote fiction and memoir. She is best known for The Books of Ember, a series of science-fiction novels for young readers, as well as Car Trouble, Escape the Vortex, and Project F.
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The City of Ember
The first published and best-known entry in The Books of Ember.
Project F
A standalone later novel that does not require prior series knowledge.
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Books by series
series · completed
The Books of Ember
A four-book science-fiction series about societies confronting environmental collapse, technological decline, and the search for a livable world.
series · completed
Voyagers
A multiplatform science-fiction adventure series about young explorers seeking elements needed to create a clean energy source.
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Escape the VortexAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2016
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (9)
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Golden GodAmazon ↗novel · 1981
- Adoption: The Facts, Feelings, and Issues of a Double HeritageAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1981
- The Apple IIgs BookAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1986
- CloningAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2000
- CellsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2002
- The American ColoniesAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2002
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Car TroubleAmazon ↗novel · 2005
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The City of Ember: The Graphic NovelAmazon ↗graphic-novel · 2012
- Project FAmazon ↗
novel · 2023
Nonfiction (1)
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The Earth House: There Is Nothing to Fear in This MomentAmazon ↗memoir · 1992