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I survived the destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 Cover Image Book Book

I survived the destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 / by Lauren Tarshis ; illustrated by Scott Dawson.

Tarshis, Lauren, (author.). Dawson, Scott, (illustrator.).

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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.

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  • ISBN: 9780545459396
  • ISBN: 9780606360678
  • ISBN: 0606360670
  • Physical Description: 95 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, [2014]

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Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.1 2.0 169148.
Accelerated Reader MG 5.1 2.
Reading Counts 3-5 4.3 5.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.1 2.0 169148.
Reading Counts RC 4.3 5.0 64549.
Accelerated Reader AR-ATOS MG 5.1 2.0 169148.

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Subject: Eruption of Vesuvius (Italy : 79)
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I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (I Survived #10)
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (I Survived #10)
by Tarshis, Lauren
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I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (I Survived #10)

Lauren Tarshis was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the author of Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree, Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love, and the I Survived series. She is also an editorial director for language arts at Scholastic, the editor of Storyworks magazine, and oversees Scope magazine. Her title, I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii 79 A. D. made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography)

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