It's the summer of AD 79, and Flavia Gemina the sea captain's daughter and her friends Jonathan the Jewish boy, Nubia the African slave-girl and Lupus the homeless beggar-boy set sail for the Bay of Naples, to stay with Flavia's uncle near Pompeii. They are soon absorbing in trying to solve a riddle that may lead to treasure. But then tragedy strikes - Mount Vesuvius erupts and the children are fleeing for their lives, in one of the worst natural disasters ever recorded. Not just a mystery - an absolutely thrilling action adventure that makes you feel you were there!
- ISBN10 0142401188
- ISBN13 9780142401187
- Publish Date 24 May 2004 (first published 15 November 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Puffin Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 173
- Language English