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I survived volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
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"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?" --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Details the events that occurred when Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii in 79 A.D., focusing on how this information was deduced from the skeletons found by archaeologists at the site. In ancient times, Pompeii was one of the largest cities in the Roman Empire. Its 20,000 inhabitants lived in the shadow of Vesuvius, which they believed was nothing more than a mountain. But Vesuvius was a volcano. And on the morning of August 24, A.D. 79, Vesuvius...
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Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Ash rained down like burning snowflakes. There was nowhere to run and hide for the residents of Pompeii after Mt. Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE. Follow along with the true story of a doomed city pummeled with pumice and molten rock. Then, review what you've learned with a recap timeline and a quick quiz to check how much doomed history you remember"--
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Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Much of ancient Pompeii remained intact when the city was rediscovered, preserved by the volcanic ash of Mount Vesuvius. This preservation presented artifacts that serve as clues for archaeologists to piece together what life was like for these Roman people. This title delves into who found these buried cities and what was involved in uncovering Pompeii s past. Brightly colored photographs and informational sidebars give readers the tools to become...
10) Pompeii
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
c1989
Description
Describes the destruction of the city of Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, and how its rediscovery nearly 1700 years later provided information about life in the Roman Empire.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020, 2019.
Description
"In skillfully intertwined storylines from the dawn of the twentieth century and the heyday of the Roman Empire, Tasha Alexander's bestselling series brings Lady Emily and her husband to Pompeii, where they uncover a recent crime in the ancient city. Some corpses lie undisturbed longer than others. But when Emily discovers a body hidden in plain sight amongst the ruins of Pompeii, she sets in motion a deadly chain of events that ties her future to...
13) Pompeii
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Ten-year-old Flavia and her friends encounter the Roman admiral Pliny before making a journey to her uncle's farm near Mt. Vesuvius, where they try to solve a riddle, reunite a family, and get out of the path of a natural disaster.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
At a refugee camp following the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried Pompeii, Flavia and her friends discover that children are disappearing and a very powerful citizen might be involved.
16) Pompeii
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo, a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius erupts in a torrent of blazing lava, Milo must fight his way out of the arena in order to save his beloved as the once magnificent Pompeii crumbles around him.
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