The Last Girls of Pompeii
In Pompeii, in the summer of A.D. 79, Julia and Sura appear to lead opposite lives. Julia is the daughter of a wealthy ship-builder; Sura is an orphan. Julia bears the Curse of Venus a withered arm; Sura s beauty turns heads. Julia is free; Sura is her slave. 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.
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- Author
- Kathryn Lasky
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 184
- Publisher
- Viking Children's Books
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780670061969
- Settings
- Pompeii
- Genres
- historical, fiction, childrens, juvenile, mystery, mythology
- Release date
- 2007
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