About 200-220 years
there were lots of wars and bombs and sickness and death aboveground, so they built a city underground so people could stay alive.
In the book "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau, it is mentioned that 400 people were selected to go to the underground city of Ember.
it was 7 min long
The sun never rises Ember is UNDER GROUND
15
1992
The author of The City of Ember, The People of Sparks and The Prophet of Yonwood is Jeanne DuPrau.
200 years
For as long as people have lived there
Indians probably did for a long time...
they drink water
The full message from the builders to the mayor of Ember to escape is: "Save the people of Ember. Go to the place that is 'beginning.' Do as the instructions told in the box from the builders."