Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii
by James M. Deem
The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and the destruction of the bustling city of Pompeii... read more
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2005
Word Count 8,243
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1120L
- ATOS Reading Level: 8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 103280, 1 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- Vesuvius (Italy)
- Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city)--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Ancient
- Eruption, 79
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Pompeii (Extinct city)
- Vesuvius (Italy)--Eruption, 79--Juvenile literature
- Italy
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Europe
- Pompeii (Extinct city)--Juvenile literature
- Excavations (Archaeology)
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- It's a Mystery
- Journeys, Grade 6
- Global Historical Inquiry - Grade 6-8
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Orbis Pictus Award, 2000-2024
Commended, 2006
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