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Author
Series
I survived volume 10
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"During the infamous eruption of Mount Vesuvius, one boy struggles to escape. Can he survive the most devastating disaster of ancient times? In this thrilling addition to the bestselling I SURVIVED series, readers are taken back to antiquity with a young boy trying to escape as the giant Mount Vesuvius erupts. Does he have what it takes to survive the epic destruction of Pompeii?" --
Author
Series
Flashback Four volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
235 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sent back in time to 79 AD, on a mission to photograph the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Flashback Four race to get their picture.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
184 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Julia knows that her physical deformity will keep her from a normal life, but counts on the continuing friendship of her life-long slave, Mitka, until they learn that both of their futures in first-century Pompeii are about to change for the worse.
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Tagus is a medical slave who wants be a gladiator, Lucia is the daughter of Tag's owner and betrothed to an older man, and the two teenagers are in love with each other--but it is the year 79 and soon Vesuvius will alter their lives forever.
Author
Series
Publisher
little bee books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mount Vesuvius is ready to erupt, threatening to destroy the city of Pompeii and everyone who lives there. Will new friends Thalia and Felix be able to escape, or are they destined to be buried under rock and ash? Thalia is excited to visit the bustling city of Pompeii, while Felix longs to leave it. As Thalia prepares to perform with her traveling troupe of actors, Felix is searching for a life of adventure away from his strict, politician father....
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Patrick takes a trip alone in the Imagination Station for science project research, things get a little explosive. First, his cousin Beth gets angry that she was left behind. Second, Eugene Meltsner sees red when he realizes that Patrick went to Pompeii in 79 A.D. a day before Mount Vesuvius erupts! It doesn't help that the Imagination Station is on the blink and Whit has gone missing. As Beth and Eugene frantically try to find a way fix the...
7) Blood & fire
Author
Series
Gladiator school volume 2
Publisher
Scribo
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
223 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A distinguished senator has gone into hiding after being accused of treachery, leaving his family to fend for themselves. His elder son Quintus has become a gladiator, while young Lucius works as a servant in the gladiator school. Lucius is convinced of his father's innocence - but how can he prove it? The gladiator troupe is sent to Pompeii to take part in the games. It's a lawless place, where knife-wielding thugs lurk in every alleway. But Lucius...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Lexile measure
NC 920L
Physical Desc
25 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 meant death for most of the Roman citizens living in Pompeii. But some people must have survived, and Christina Balit has used this as the starting-point for her story. It tells of Tranio, an actor's son, and his friend Livia, the baker's daughter, who witness the destruction of their beloved city."--Publisher's description.