The Pirates of Pompeii
by Caroline Lawrence • Book 3 of the Roman Mysteries
It is AD 79 and Mount Vesuvius has erupted, destroying Pompeii. Among the thousands... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Mystery
Year Published 2003
Word Count 40,187
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 680L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 73564
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Slavery--Fiction
- Vesuvius (Italy)--Eruption, 79--Fiction
- Pirates
- Slavery
- Rome
- Kidnapping--Fiction
- Pirates--Fiction
- Mystery and detective stories
- Vesuvius (Italy)
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.--Fiction
- Eruption, 79
- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D
- Kidnapping
- History
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Ancient Civilizations
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