Local busybody Brenda Beeson, whose mantra is "one moldy strawberry can ruin the whole basket," zealously takes charge, interpreting the Prophet's messages and building a "shield of goodness" against impending evil. Yonwood is a tense, parochial town, where the fevered ramblings of an older woman have been seized upon as "visions," and the woman hailed as a prophet.
Against this backdrop, Nickie and her aunt travel from Philadelphia to Yonwood, in the North Carolina mountains, to prepare Nickie's great-grandfather's home for sale. Fear of terrorist activity is wreaking havoc in American cities. Eleven-year-old Nickie Randolph wants "to do something helpful for the world," which is on the brink of war. This third book in DuPrau's series is billed as a prequel to the first two ( The City of Ember
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