Free Vacation Under the Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne

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Dear Readers,
    The idea for this Magic Tree House book was inspired by a small article I read in the newspaper. The article said that archaeologists had recently uncovered the ruins of a scroll library in an ancient Roman town. The town, Herculaneum, was buried by a volcano almost 2,000 years ago. The same volcano destroyed a nearby town that might sound more familiar to you— Pompeii .
    I have always wanted to write a book about Pompeii, so my imagination got to work. I moved the library over to Pompeii and sent Jack and Annie on a mission to find a lost scroll …  just as the volcano is about to erupt.
    I hope you’ll enjoy taking this scary journey with them as much as I did!
    All my best,
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Text copyright © 1998 by Mary Pope Osborne.
Illustrations copyright © 1998 by Sal Murdocca.
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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Osborne, Mary Pope. Vacation under the volcano / by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.
    p. cm. — (The magic tree house ; #13) “A Stepping Stone book.” SUMMARY: Their magic tree house takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii just as Vesuvius is about to erupt, and they must find a Roman scroll before everything is covered with burning ash.
eISBN: 978-0-375-89470-1
[1. Time travel—Fiction. 2. Vesuvius (Italy)—Eruption, 79—Fiction. 3. Pompeii (Extinct city)—Fiction. 4. Tree houses—Fiction.]
I. Title. II. Series: Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic tree house series ; #13.
PZ7.O81167Vag 1998 [Fic]—dc21 97-39765
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