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Analysis Of The Prophet Of Yonwood

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The Prophet of Yonwood is a fictional book that was written by Jeanne DuPrau. This realistic fiction book was published May 2007 by Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books. With 289 pages, this book is about the struggles people are facing in a little town when it seems war may come at any moment. The Prophet of Yonwood is the third book in the City of Ember Series. One interesting fact about the book is that most of the story takes place in an old mansion that two of the main characters live in. Jeanne DuPrau said she has “always wanted to live in a huge, mysterious old house...”. So she put it as the setting of her book. As The Prophet of Yonwood begins, it focuses on a prophet by the name of Althea Tower. She sets up …show more content…

Another antagonist in this book would probably be part of the setting. The country is on the verge of war and this causes the citizens of Yonwood to be more scared than usual. More persuasive to any ideas.
Some of the other characters are Grover Persons, Nickie’s ant Crystal, her mom and dad, Amanda, and Martin. Grover and Martin are boys that Nickie met at different times while she was exploring Yonwood. At one point, Grover hints that he used to be good friends with Martin. Crystal is usually never around. She is always off trying to organize things so the house will be ready for auction as soon as possible. Nickie’s mom and dad aren’t actually in the story. They send letters back and forth. Her mom is living at home and dad is off involved with the war somewhere. No one knows where it actually is he keeps sending weird postcards to his wife and daughter.
Nickie has decided to go with her aunt Crystal to Yonwood, North Carolina, where Nickie’s great Grandfathers has just past away. They are trying to sell his old house called Green Haven. In Yonwood a woman by the name of Althea Tower has just had a horrible vision of what is believed to be the future and Mrs. Beeson is the only person who can figure out what it means along with the other things that Althea mumbles. Nickie sets out to achieve personal goals and ends up confusing what is right versus what is wrong. Although this fictional book does not have a

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