Pompeii: A Novel
But the carefree lifestyle and gorgeous weather belie an impending cataclysm, and only one man is worried. The young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay of Naples. His predecessor has disappeared. Springs are failing for the first time in generations. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta’s sixty-mile main line—somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.
Attilius—decent, practical, and incorruptible—promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy, that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. His plan is to travel to Pompeii and put together an expedition, then head out to the place where he believes the fault lies. But Pompeii proves to be a corrupt and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work—both natural and man-made—threatening to destroy him.
City, The (Life in Victorian England)
Wave Me Good-bye (Home-Front Heroes)
As the only Jewish girl in her New York neighborhood, thirteen-year-old Miriam Liebler has a lot on her mind. World War II is raging, and her brother will soon pack his bags to join the fight. Blackouts and air-raid drills punctuate her daily life. Worse yet, her family has heard nothing from their Jewish relatives in Europe since before the war started, and Miriam fears the worst. Her friends don’t understand her worries—until she meets Christopher Richards, an orphaned English boy whisked to America to escape the deadly bombings of London. Miriam and Chris exchange candy, comic books, and secrets through the iron bars of the orphanage fence.
When Miriam’s mother takes in a German-Jewish refugee and her daughter, Miriam becomes entangled in the woman’s desperate search to find her family. Will her friendship with Chris survive when trouble brews?
Readers, don’t miss the last few pages to learn more about the real Miriam Liebler.
Gardener , The
Rise of the Cities: 1820 – 1920 (The Drama of American History Series Book 16)
Ragweed (Dimwood Forest 0)
City of Orphans
City of Light, City of Dark (Graphic Novel)
“To begin with–there were these KURBS. These Kurbs owned an Island…with their POWER they controlled both day and night…Years ago, when People first came to the Kurbs’ Island, they wanted to build themselves a City.”
The Kurbs give people light and warmth to establish a city, on one condition: The people must return the Power every year or risk losing the city–forever. This system works for centuries until evil Mr. Underton tries to steal the Power. If he succeeds, the Kurbs will take back the City, reducing it to a dark and frozen tundra. It’s up to Carlos and Sarah to find the Power–housed in a subway token–and keep the City safe, despite secrets of Sarah’s history that are entwined with the token. What ensues is a race against darkness. A race against the lies of the past. And most of all, a race against time.
