Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrator: Salvatore Murdocca
Genre: Historical Fiction
Grade level: 2-5
Vacation Under the Volcano is the thirteenth chapter book in the Magic Tree House Series. Jack and Annie are the two main characters who travel through time to different places that are important in history. In this book, they travel to Pompeii in the days of the Roman Empire. Once there, they find out that it was the day that the city would be destroyed due to the erupting volcano. They must hurry to beat time so that they are not stuck in Pompeii.
The illustrator of this book is Salvatore Murdocca. He actually illustrated the entire Magic Tree House Series. His illustrations are realistically drawn. They contain detail and the characters and setting are not very abstract, but look very similar to how they would in real life.
This book is great for students because it does have an element of imagination with the time traveling, while also being historically accurate. These books are incredibly entertaining, so much so that students will not even realize they are learning about history at the same time.
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