Hootworthy or not?
📖 Hoot Factor – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book had me on the edge of my seat! Flavia and her friends must solve another mystery, while a HUGE disaster looms. The eruption scene was so intense! 🎨 Owl-some Illustrations – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The writing makes you feel like you’re really there, especially during the eruption! 💡 Little Owl’s Takeaway – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nature is powerful, and history can teach us a lot. Also, always listen to warnings! 💬 Hoot or Boot? – 5/5 Hoots – A must-read! If you love adventure and history, this book is amazing!
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Book details
AD 79, following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii. Among the thousands of people huddled in refugee camps along the bay of Naples are Flavia Gemina and her friends Jonathan the Jewish boy, Nubia the African slave-girl, and Lupus the mute beggar boy. Their discovery that children are being kidnapped from the camps- among them the daughter of the powerful Publius Pollius Felix- leads them to solve the mystery of the pirates of Pompeii. A terrifically exciting and dramatic story and a brilliant picture of the aftermath of a great disaster.
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Author
Caroline Lawrence
Illustrator
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Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Number of Pages
400
Publish date
1 April 2002
Classification
Fiction
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