In 'The People of Sparks' (the Second Book of Ember) three characters travel to a "great city" located on an enormous bay by the ocean. It is also mentioned that it rains during Winter, but there is no mention of snow. By these two clues I think we can safely assume that Ember's hill/cave and the town of Sparks are near San Francisco.
The City of Ember is an Underground city built by the builders, they are not the last of mankind but they were thought to be.
No, the City of Ember is an underground city in a spacious cavern. What exactly you mean by "on rod" is beyond me. It was built to ensure that human life will remain on the earth.
The city of Ember is likely located underground or in a cavern, as evidenced by its lack of sunlight and limited space. It is hinted in the book that the city was built as a refuge and to protect its inhabitants from some sort of disaster on the surface.
The city of Ember is an underground city built to protect humans from an unknown disaster, with a failing power supply causing widespread fear and uncertainty among its residents.
Jeanne DuPrau wrote The City of Ember.
The Production Budget for City of Ember was $38,000,000.
The author of "The City of Ember" is Jeanne DuPrau.
The City of Ember DVD is coming out January 20th 2009. The City of Ember DVD is coming out January 20th 2009.
The two main characters in The City of Ember are Lina and Doon.
Because the Builders knew that there would be a huge war and that an underground city won't be harmed so there would be a last chance for mankind.
The book is about a underground city's lights that may go out and never come back, The city is built to last only 200 years so Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow work together to try to find the way out of ember, As Lina finds a piece of paperwork the paper work is called " Instructions For Egress" which means the exit so they try to work together to find the exit out of ember, As they find the way out of ember which leads to the second book of ember it's called " The people of Sparks" Well that's all that happened in City of Ember.
City of Ember grossed $11,817,059 worldwide.