Curses and Smoke: a Novel of Pompeii by Vicky Alvear Shecter

Curses and Smoke: a Novel of Pompeii by Vicky Alvear Shecter

Two star-crossed lovers. One city on the brink of destruction. Tages is a medical slave, doomed to spend the rest of his life healing his master's injured gladiators. But his warrior's heart yearns to fight in the gladiator ring himself and earn enough money to win his freedom. Lucia is the daughter of Tag's owner, doomed by her father's greed to marry a much older Roman man. But she loves studying the natural world around her home in Pompeii, and lately she's been noticing some odd behavior in the landscape: small lakes disappearing; a sulfurous smell in the air...When the two childhood friends reconnect, each with their own longings, they fall passionately in love. But soon after an argument divides them, she's sent to Rome for her wedding, while he's thrust into his first gladiatorial contest. Then an earthquake shakes Pompeii, in the first sign of the chaos to come. Will they be able to find each other again before the volcano destroys their whole world?

Vicky Alvear Shecter has been fascinated by the ancient world since she was ten, when photographs of classical sculptures like the Spear Bearer and the Venus de Milo led her to wonder about the cultures that created such transcendent bueaty. She has written two nonfiction books for young readers: Alexander the Great Rocks the World, a VOYA Honor Pick for Nonfiction, and Cleopatra Rules! The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen. This is her first novel. Vicky lives in Atlanta with her husband and two children. Visit her at www.vickyalvearshecter.com.

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ISBN 13	9781407146621
ISBN 10	1407146629
Title	Curses and Smoke: a Novel of Pompeii
Author	Vicky Alvear Shecter
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Scholastic
Year published	2014-02-06
Number of pages	336
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