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MAGIC TREE HOUSE: #13 VACATION UNDER THE VOLCANO
Who wants to vacation next to a volcano? Jack and Annie are about to find out when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of the Roman Empire. They arrive in Pompeii and soon discover that it is the very day the city will be destroyed. Now Jack and Annie must race against time to find an ancient library before it is buried in ash!
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- 978-0-679-89050-8
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- 74 p. ; 19 cm
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- Magic Tree House
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- 823 OSB m c.1 2024060013
STEP INTO READING 4: ICE MUMMY (THE DISCOVERY OF A 5,000-YEAR-OLD MAN)
In 1991, two tourists hiking in the Alps saw something very odd sticking out of the snow. At first it looked like a doll’s head. But it wasn’t. It was a man, frozen in the ice for 5,000 years. Ice Mummy—first published by Random House in 1998—tells the story of this amazing discovery, from the struggle to remove the mummy from his icy grave to the creation of his final resting place: a …
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- 978-0-679-85647-4
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- 48 p. ; por. ; 23 cm.
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- 937 DUB s c.1 2023010047
STEP INTO READING STEP 4: POMPEII: BURIED ALIVE
"The drama of natural disasters provides prime material to entice young independent readers. In this volume, the account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius describes village life 2,000 years ago, the eruption itself and its aftermath, and the excitement when the buried town is rediscovered centuries later. A lively and factual glimpse of a devastating moment in history, in an accessible, attract…
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- 978-0-394-88866-8
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- 48 p. ; col. Ill. ; 23 cm.
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- 937 KUN s c.1 2023010051
MAGIC TREE HOUSE #38: MONDAY WITH A MAD GENIUS
Jack and Annie are on a mission to save Merlin from his sorrows! The brother-and-sister team travel back in the magic tree house to the period known as the Renaissance. This time, Jack and Annie will need more than a research book and a magic wand. They'll need help from one of the greatest minds of all time. What will they learn from Leonardo da Vinci?
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- 978-0-375-83730-2
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- 110 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 823 OSB m c.1 201860283
A SHAKESPEARE CHILDREN'S STORY: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
The play revolves Antonio, a rich Italian merchant; Shylock, a rich Jew; and Portia, a rich heiress. When Antonio asks to borrow money from Shylock to help his friend Bassanio, Shylock agrees on the condition that if he is able to repay it by the date specified, he will have to repay it with a pound of his flesh.
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- 978-1-78226-225-1
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- 64 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 823 MAC a c.1 201860121
WHAT WAS POMPEII?
The morning of August 24, AD 79, seemed like any other in the Roman city of Pompeii. So no one was prepared when the nearby volcano Mount Vesuvius suddenly erupted, spouting ash that buried the city and its inhabitants. The disaster left thousands dead, and Pompeii was no more than a memory for almost 1,700 years. In 1748, explorers rediscovered the port city with intact buildings and beautiful…
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- 978-0-448-47907-1
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- 105 p. ; ill. ; por. ; 20 cm.
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- 900 OCO w c.1 2022110027
USBORNE YOUNG READING: POMPEII
A vivid retelling of a major historical catastrophe written in an engaging, narrative style with direct speech and speech bubbles. Dramatic illustrations, photos or maps on every page and Internet links to fun websites via the Usborne Quicklinks Website. The Usborne Reading has been developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, Senior Lecturer at Roehampton University.
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- 978-1-4749-2780-2
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- 64 p. ; col.ill. ; 19 cm.
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- 930 BAL u c.1 2023020030
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