Pub Date: July 1, 2002
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 09 to 12
Physical Info: 0.67" H x 7.81" L x 5.16" W ( 0.46 lbs) 224 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries and Detective Stories | Historical | Ancient Civilizations | Action and Adventure | Survival Stories | Legends Myths Fables | Greek and Roman | Social Themes | Friendship | Places | Europe | Readers | Chapter Books
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.
Review Quotes: THE SECRETS OF VESUVIUS in the immensely readable Roman Mysteries series by Caroline Lawrence again features a kind of classical famous five: Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus, plus Scuto the dog, meet the great Pliny while on holiday in Pompeii and end up near Mount Vesuvius on the fateful night it erupted. An enormous amount of information about the ancient world is conveyed under the guise of a jolly good romp--Fiona Lafferty