Notes
the ground trembles beneath their feet. They figure that the beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes-and always goes back to sleep. But Marcus is afraid. He knows something is terribly wrong-and his father, who trusts science more than mythical beasts, agrees. Although they are trying to flee a dangerous man, they want to warn others about the mountain. But who will believe Marcus, a young slave boy, and his father? When Vesuvius explodes into a huge cloud of ash and rocks that fall from the sky like rain, will they have time to escape-and survive the epic destruction of Pompeii?
