I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (The Graphic Novel)
By (Author) Lauren Tarshis
Illustrated by David Shephard
Scholastic Australia
Scholastic Australia
1st August 2024
Australia
Children
Fiction
Paperback
160
Width 153mm, Height 229mm, Spine 11mm
The beast beneath the mountain is restless ... No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. They figure that the beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimesand always goes back to sleep. But Marcus is afraid. He knows something is terribly wrongand his father, who trusts science more than mythical beasts, agrees. Although they are trying to flee a dangerous man, they want to warn others about the mountain. But who will believe Marcus, a young slave boy, and his father When Vesuvius explodes into a huge cloud of ash and rocks that fall from the sky like rain, will they have time to escapeand survive the epic destruction of Pompeii