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Lina Mayfleet

A twelve-year-old orphan who is living with her grandmother and younger sister and who is one of the first to discover a way out of the city.

Doon Harrow

A twelve-year-old who insists the city is in danger and that something has to be done about it, he is one of the first to find a way out of the city.

Poppy Mayfleet

Lina's baby sister.

Clary

The keeper of the greenhouses.

Granny

Lina's grandmother.

Mayor Cole

The leader of Ember, he has become corrupted by greed.

Mrs. Murdo

The woman who lives near Lina's family and who takes Poppy and Lina in when their grandmother dies.

Lizzie

A girl in Lina's class, she is assigned to the supply depot as her job.

Looper Windly

The man who owns a store and who is stealing items for himself.

Mr. Harrow

Doon's father, he runs a shop...

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