![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Wendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public LibraryĬopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. Both books provide an introduction to this tragic but fascinating city. Shelley Tanaka's The Buried City of Pompeii (Hyperion, 1997) offers a longer story as well as sidebars with facts and photographs. Heading for the harbor, Tranio and his friend Livia hide on a boat and witness one of the most terrifying moments in recorded history-the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of their. A cross section of the underground reveals the bodies and buildings an afterword provides a bit of history. The final scene depicts the two (now aged) survivors, returned from Greece to lay flowers on their buried city as they wonder if future generations will remember it. The explosion is presented in a dramatic spread with a fiery-red center and layers of billowing clouds as viewed from the sea. At first they laugh at the frenzy, but as breathing becomes more difficult, the children flee to a boat. As columns split and actors freeze in place, the boy takes off to find his friend. In stylized scenes rendered in blues and terra-cotta, Tranio notes the activity on the docks, at the forum, and during his father's play rehearsal until the first tremors are felt. ![]() ![]() ![]() The narrative follows the comings and goings of a boy and girl against the hustle and bustle of the Roman port. 79, and those children who thrive on disasters will get a taste of the effects of the inferno in this fictionalized account. Grade 1-4-There really is no way to sugarcoat the loss and destruction that the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wrought in A.D. ![]()
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