The Last Girls of Pompeii Paperback - 2007
by Lasky, Kathryn
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
In Pompeii, in the summer of A.D. 79, Julia and Mitka appear to leadopposite lives. Julia is the daughter of a wealthy ship-builder; Mitka is anorphan. Julia bears the Curse of Venus a withered arm; Mitka's beautyturns heads. Julia is free; Mitka is her slave.
Then Julia learns that her parents are planning to put her in the service ofthe Temple of Damia, the center of a cultish new religion, and Mitka willbe sold to an awful man who plans to make her his concubine.
But when Mt. Vesuvius erupts, Julia's and Mitka's fates are forever altered,forcing them both to face the true meaning of freedom.
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Details
- Title The Last Girls of Pompeii
- Author Lasky, Kathryn
- Binding Paperback
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 184
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Children's Books, New York
- Date 2007
- Bookseller's Inventory # GOR006584850
- ISBN 9780670061969 / 0670061964
- Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.64 x 6.6 x 0.77 in (21.95 x 16.76 x 1.96 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Reading level 780
- Library of Congress subjects People with disabilities, Slavery
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006026663
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
Then Julia learns that her parents are planning to put her in the service of the Temple of Damia, the center of a cultish new religion, and Sura will be sold to an awful man who plans to make her his concubine.
But when Mt. Vesuvius erupts, Julia’s and Sura’s fates are forever altered, forcing them both to face the true meaning of freedom.
