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The Buried City of Pompeii What it was Like when Vesuvius Exploded

The Buried City of Pompeii What it was Like when Vesuvius Exploded

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by Shelley Tanaka

Book Details

Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 2000
Language: en
Pages: 48
ISBN: 9780786815418
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Low confidence estimate: 65%

Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

Content Intensity

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💥ViolenceModerate
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❤️Love & RomanceNone
1
🧠Mental HealthVery low
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💬!*$#LanguageNone
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🍷🚬Substance UseNone
3
😨Fear / HorrorModerate

Story Themes

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0
🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
0
🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

Uses a fictionalized account of the life of the steward of an important estate to describe the ancient Italian city of Pompeii and what happened to it during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The facts concerning the destruction of the city of Pompeii are told through the fictionalized account of one of its victims.

Themes & Topics

Juvenile NonfictionHistoryAncientSocial ScienceArchaeology
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