City of Ember

  • Assignment Day
    2410 BCE

    Assignment Day

    In the year 241Lina gets assigned a job
  • Job switch
    2409 BCE

    Job switch

    Doon switches jobs with Lina
  • Poppy
    2408 BCE

    Poppy

    Poppy is introduced into the book
  • Lina tells Doon about the instructions
    2407 BCE

    Lina tells Doon about the instructions

    Lina finds instructions that poppy chewed up so she tells Doon about them to see if he knows anything
  • Doon finds a door
    2406 BCE

    Doon finds a door

    Doon, while exploring the pipe works, finds a mysterious door in the pipe works but fails to open it because it is locked
  • Death
    2405 BCE

    Death

    Granny dies
  • Lizzie
    2404 BCE

    Lizzie

    Lizzie. while working at her job, finds rare things like creamed corn, fruit cocktail and asparagus
  • "Dreadful Discovery"
    2403 BCE

    "Dreadful Discovery"

    Lina and Doon go into the pipe works and they discover that the mysterious door Doon found is unlocked and they open it a couple inches and see lots of light bulbs and goods stacked every where and the mayor inside
  • Candles and Matches
    2402 BCE

    Candles and Matches

    Lina and Doon find candles and matches and figure out how to use them
  • Blackout
    2401 BCE

    Blackout

    Lina is going to buy something with Poppy and then a blackout happens and she almost loses her
  • The escape
    2400 BCE

    The escape

    Lina, Doon and Poppy ride the boat down the river to escape the City of Ember
  • The Journal
    2399 BCE

    The Journal

    When the boat finally hits land Lina, Doon and Poppy all get out and then walk around. When Lina and Doon walk back to grab Poppy they discover that she is holding a mysterious Journal that ends up showing the back round of the City, when it started and what happened when it did start.
  • The outside world
    2398 BCE

    The outside world

    Poppy, Lina and Doon make it to the surface and see the stars and see animals and they do not know where they are at
  • The note
    2397 BCE

    The note

    Poppy, Lina and Doon discover that they are on the surface and that ember was underground the whole time they then see Mrs.Murdo and throw a rock with a note tied to it on how to escape Ember only in hopes that she gets it