I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
- Published
- 26 August 2014
- Pages
- 95
- ISBN-13
- 9780545459396
- Type
- novel
About this book
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 (2014, 95 pages) is book 10 in Lauren Tarshis's I Survived series, dropping a young narrator into the middle of the disaster named in the title and following their fight to get out alive -- grounded in real historical research, with a nonfiction author's note at the end separating fact from story.
Key facts about I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 is a novel by Lauren Tarshis. Readers have had it since 26 August 2014. It runs to 95 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780545459396 to find the main one.
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 is book 10 of 25 in the I Survived series. The series has 25 published books. However, the series starts with I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (2010). I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 7 October 2025.
Additionally, Lauren Tarshis writes Emma-Jean Lazarus and I Survived True Stories as separate series. Those series sit on our middle grade, historical fiction and children's nonfiction shelves. Meanwhile, I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 is the latest published Lauren Tarshis book on file, from 7 October 2025.
About Lauren Tarshis
Lauren Tarshis is an American children's author and editor best known for the I Survived series, a long-running line of illustrated historical-fiction chapter books that place a young protagonist inside a real historical disaster or crisis — the sinking of the Titanic, the Hindenburg explosion, Hurricane Katrina, the September 11 attacks, the Battle of Gettysburg, and dozens of others — and follow their survival through carefully researched, age-appropriate detail. See every Lauren Tarshis book in order.
Its place in I Survived
I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 is book 10 in the I Survived series. It follows I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944. It is followed by I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871. See the full I Survived reading order.
Each I Survived novel drops a young narrator into the middle of a real historical disaster -- the sinking of the Titanic, the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hurricane Katrina, the September 11th attacks, the Black Death -- and follows their fight to get out alive. Lauren Tarshis grounds every book in careful historical research (each includes a nonfiction author's note explaining what's true and pointing readers toward further reading), but the storytelling itself is pure survival-adventure momentum: a kid protagonist…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780545459396
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781480663978
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780606360678