Pompeii
Subtitle: a Roman girl's diary AD 78-79
By: Sue Reid
Series: My story; My story
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9781407103082
Subjects: Eruption, 79; Social life and customs; Juvenile fiction; Girls; Manners and customs; History
Description: It's August AD 78 and Claudia is at the Forum in Pompeii. It's a day of strange encounters and even odder portents. When the ground shakes Claudia is convinced it is a bad omen. What does it all mean? And why is she so disturbed by Vesuvius, the great volcano that looms over the city.