Diary of Dorkius Maximus in Pompeii (3)

Description

Dorkius is annoyed when he has to move with his family to Pompeii for the summer in his third adventure Dorkius has to leave behind all the joys of Rome for a boring small town. He finds the people of Pompeii to be even more superstitious than his mom, and watches in disbelief as they base all their decisions around animal innards readings. Things brighten up when he meets Decima, a local girl who's convinced a demon is haunting nearby Mount Vesuvius. They go off to investigate and Dorkius finds that the demonic rumbles are coming from inside the volcano itself. Convinced that Vesuvius is about to erupt, Dorkius rushes down to the town to warn everyone, but will they listen? Review: It has given him a new love of Ancient - My 10 year old son loves this . It has given him a new love of Ancient History Review: Adrian Mole with added Good humour with amazing illustrations. - Similarities to the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ can obviously be drawn - a sort of Ancient Roman 'Adrian Mole' with added roasted dormice and other bits of disgusting information is the concept of this series, the juvenile humour certainly pulls the young reader in with black and white drawings - this is different from ‘Wimpy Kid’ because of the way factual information is woven into the story - this is not really a ‘faction’ but it is a good way to introduce a first hand narrative to an early reader. This was a perfect present for a nine year old. He really enjoyed it.