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Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
"The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the subsequent destruction of the thriving Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum are historic disasters of monumental proportions, resonating across millennia and remembered to this very day. Now Dr. Charles Pellegrino takes us back to the final days of an extraordinary civilization to experience an earth-shattering catastrophe with remarkable and unsettling ties to the unthinkable disaster of September...
25) Pompeii
Author
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.
27) Pompeii
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Describes the discovery of Pompeii, the volcanic eruption that destroyed it, life in the ancient city when it was alive and flourishing, and issues related to its excavation.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
Jinkies! A spooky spirit is haunting the buried city of Pompeii. It's up to Scooby-Doo and Mystery Inc. to solve the case. Readers join the gang as they explore the ancient city, learn about the Romans who called Pompeii home, and discover what happened that fateful day that changed everything.
31) 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
Magic tree house volume 13
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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
Series
Roman mysteries volume 2
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.
35) Pompeii
Pub. Date
2014
Description
"Set in 79 A.D., Pompeii tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), a wealthy merchant's daughter who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman senator (Kiefer Sutherland). 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...
36) Qué fue Pompeya?
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
La mañana del 24 de agosto, 79 dC, parecía como cualquier otro en la ciudad romana de Pompeya. Así que nadie estaba preparado cuando el cercano volcán Monte Vesubio repentinamente estalló, cenizas que enterraban la ciudad y sus habitantes. El desastre dejó miles de muertos, y Pompeya no fue más que un recuerdo de casi 1.700 años. En 1748, los exploradores redescubrieron la ciudad portuaria con edificios intactos y hermosos mosaicos.
The morning...
37) Mega disasters
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Asteroid apocalypse: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine how an impact on the American west coast could spell disaster for the nation. Atlantis apocalypse: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine how another eruption of the Santorini Volcano, like the one 3,500 years ago, could affect people today.
American volcano: Computer animations, models, and re-creations examine what would happen if Mt. Rainier erupted like...
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