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Author
Series
I survived volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
In Pompeii in AD 79, eleven-year-old slave boy Marcus runs away with his father, who has been sold to become a gladiator, and they escape to Vesuvius, only to return to the city the following morning to warn the inhabitants of the coming eruption.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
410L
Language
English
Description
Their magic tree house takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii just as Vesuvius is about to erupt, and they must find a Roman scroll before everything is covered with burning ash.
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
Uses a fictionalized account of the life of the steward of an important estate to describe the ancient Italian city of Pompeii and what happened to it during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, eminent classicist and Professor Steven L. Tuck resurrects the long-lost lives of aristocrats, merchants, slaves, and other individuals from this imperial Roman city--made famous for its demise after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The result is an unprecedented view of life as it was lived in this ancient culture and an opportunity to discover intriguing details that lay buried for centuries.
15) Pompeii
Author
Publisher
Macdonald Educational
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
Describes the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii in 79 A.D. and the rediscovery and subsequent excavation of this buried city.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, spouting ash that buried the city and its inhabitants. The disaster left thousands dead, and Pompeii was no more than a memory for almost 1,700 years. In 1748, explorers rediscovered the port city with intact buildings and beautiful mosaics. This easy-to-read account is gripping and includes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 810L
Language
English
Description
Describes everyday life in Pompeii as it would have been on the day of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the destruction and panic which occurred after the event, and the rediscovery of Pompeii in the eighteenth century.
19) Pompeii
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications Co
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
The excavations at Pompeii provide an opportunity to study a town in first-century Italy, offering glimpses of activities at the forum and the lives of Pompeii's citizens