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=Pompeii and the Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius: Historical Fiction=

Fiction set in the ancient world is fairly common. Here are a couple of novels set in Pompeii. These books are not at the Wake Forest Branch library but you can request to have them sent there. You can learn how to do this on the[| Wake County Public Library website].



Harris, Robert. //Pompeii: A Novel.// New York: Random House, 2003. HARRIS [Request] When the aqueduct that brings fresh water to thousands of people around the bay of Naples fails, Roman engineer Marius Primus heads to the slopes of Mount Vesuvius to investigate, only to come face to face with an impending catastrophe. Summary from NoveList Plus.

Lasky, Kathryn. //The Last Girls of Pompeii.// New York: Viking, 2007. J LASKY [Request] Twelve-year-old Julia knows that her physical deformity will keep her from a normal life, but counts on the continuing friendship of her life-long slave, Sura, until they learn that both of their futures in first-century Pompeii are about to change for the worse. Summary from Novelist Plus.