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Magic Tree House #13
Vacation Under the Volcano
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Who wants to vacation next to a volcano? Jack and Annie are about to find out when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of the Roman Empire. They arrive in Pompeii and soon discover that it is the very day the city will be destroyed. Now Jack and Annie must race against time to find an ancient library before it is buried in ash!
Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid?
Magic Tree Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books
Merlin More challenging adventures for the experienced reader
Super A longer and more dangerous adventure
Fact Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures
Who wants to vacation next to a volcano? Jack and Annie are about to find out when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of the Roman Empire. They arrive in Pompeii and soon discover that it is the very day the city will be destroyed. Now Jack and Annie must race against time to find an ancient library before it is buried in ash!
Did you know that there’s a Magic Tree House book for every kid?
Magic Tree Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books
Merlin More challenging adventures for the experienced reader
Super A longer and more dangerous adventure
Fact Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures
74 pages, Paperback
First published March 24, 1998
About the author
Mary Pope Osborne
955 books2,373 followersMary Pope Osborne is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, including for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. One of four children, Osborne moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, and her first book was published in 1982. She went on to write a variety of other children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will Osborne.
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August 29, 2022
Another delightful chapter in the Magic Tree House series. Had to get my library to order it for me. Well ... they needed it for their collection ;-).
This assignment takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii and Mt Vesuvius. Do you know what happened there? This will tell, and I won't spoil it. They come out of the treehouse wearing togas. Ane they use their Master Librarian cards.
Everyone, especially children, will love these books.
This assignment takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii and Mt Vesuvius. Do you know what happened there? This will tell, and I won't spoil it. They come out of the treehouse wearing togas. Ane they use their Master Librarian cards.
Everyone, especially children, will love these books.
January 13, 2020
Great adventure!
June 30, 2021
****3.5****
Jack and Annie go to Pompeii in Roman Empire. But they have gone on a wrong date, because the city is going to be destroyed the same day by an exploding Volcano. Jack and Annie must get the desired book and reach the tree house in time. Do they?
Of course :)
Happy Reading!!
Jack and Annie go to Pompeii in Roman Empire. But they have gone on a wrong date, because the city is going to be destroyed the same day by an exploding Volcano. Jack and Annie must get the desired book and reach the tree house in time. Do they?
Of course :)
Happy Reading!!
January 1, 2013
This book is about a brother and sister named Jack and Annie.They went on a adventure to roam or ancient Times when people believed in "Hercules".their family was taking a vacation.Annie had a nightmare with balls of fire and a volcano erupting,but Jack and Annie does not know that I is going to happen in Roam.
Jack and Annie was walking to Frog Creek woods to see. Morgan Le Fay.She is a magic Librarian.she gave Jack and Annie a mission to go to Roam.Morgan Le Fay gave them a mission to go to to Roam because she wants them to find a lost scroll as a book in Roam's library.when they arrived,Annie felt a shake on the ground.Jack told Annie to forget about it.So when they went into the city an old lady told them "IT IS COMING TO AN END"!!!!!!Jack and Annie ran because they thought she was weird.
Jack looked up the old women in the book and it said that these old women can tell the future.Annie went back to talk to the old women and Jack followed.They both talked to her and she told them again that Roam Is coming to an end.Now Jack and Annie understood what she ment! There was a volcano at the top of the mountain.As soon as the volcano erupted Annie made a wish that Hercules can save them and he did.He took them to the treehouse so they can go home.
Now they can have a good vacation!
Jack and Annie was walking to Frog Creek woods to see. Morgan Le Fay.She is a magic Librarian.she gave Jack and Annie a mission to go to Roam.Morgan Le Fay gave them a mission to go to to Roam because she wants them to find a lost scroll as a book in Roam's library.when they arrived,Annie felt a shake on the ground.Jack told Annie to forget about it.So when they went into the city an old lady told them "IT IS COMING TO AN END"!!!!!!Jack and Annie ran because they thought she was weird.
Jack looked up the old women in the book and it said that these old women can tell the future.Annie went back to talk to the old women and Jack followed.They both talked to her and she told them again that Roam Is coming to an end.Now Jack and Annie understood what she ment! There was a volcano at the top of the mountain.As soon as the volcano erupted Annie made a wish that Hercules can save them and he did.He took them to the treehouse so they can go home.
Now they can have a good vacation!
July 12, 2023
On our drive to nashville to fly to Naples… we reread a classic.
Holds up! Gave us some good fun facts for our trip to Pompeii and even had a thrilling aspect that Stephen king wish he had. I didn’t know they were gonna escape before the volcano erupted!
Lowkey why is morgan le Fay just like dumbledore though
Holds up! Gave us some good fun facts for our trip to Pompeii and even had a thrilling aspect that Stephen king wish he had. I didn’t know they were gonna escape before the volcano erupted!
Lowkey why is morgan le Fay just like dumbledore though
April 3, 2018
Read aloud to Addison (5) and Ezra (4.) Both were intrigued although Ezra was most interested in the volcano. Addy followed the plot no trouble, but I continually asked Ezra questions to help him along. Almost everyone knows what to expect from a Magic Treehouse book—the read is fine enough to introduce children to historical fiction. Regardless, they now want to read another.
April 30, 2017
Jack and Annie go back in time to Pompeii to rescue an old book for Merlin/Morgen Le Fay.
May 16, 2024
Reading this to practice my Spanish reading - but I really enjoyed the story. It struck me as one of the best so far, and I'll happily suggest this, in English, to my youngest grandson. There were a lot of details about life in Rome but always the threat of the eruption hanging over the story.
July 12, 2023
Fire! Maddie read this to us while we drove to nashville for our flight to Italy. Can’t wait to be in Pompeii in 2 days and imagine how Jack & Annie felt when they survived Mt. Vesuvius’ eruption!
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May 8, 2021"How would you rate this one?"
*thumbs up* "Magnifique! That means in French....perfect!"
*thumbs up* "Magnifique! That means in French....perfect!"
May 30, 2024
why would morgan le fay just do these quests herself when she can endanger two children instead
January 11, 2013
Again, I appreciate the historical accuracy here. The togas and sandals for Jack and Annie were accurate, as were the descriptions of the shops on the streets and the baths. This might be a very fun way for my students, who have just spent a few months learning about ancient Rome, to get a more first-hand view of it.
The one thing I noticed that wasn't QUITE accurate (and even my students should be able to recognize this, so I'm not worried about leaving this in the classroom library to read) was the description of the eruption.
I think they'd also enjoy the ending and finding out who it was that rescued Jack and Annie at the end.
The one thing I noticed that wasn't QUITE accurate (and even my students should be able to recognize this, so I'm not worried about leaving this in the classroom library to read) was the description of the eruption.
I think they'd also enjoy the ending and finding out who it was that rescued Jack and Annie at the end.
February 6, 2022
I like how at the end there was Hercules and just when they went to the stone thingy to check the time that just then the Volcano went boom boom haha I love to say that and I can see how the place where the gladiators went that there were no kids supposed to go in there
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January 1, 2023
It was fun to read a volume from one of my favorite childhood book series again, this time in Korean! :) this series is seriously the best.
September 9, 2022
I love the facts in this book! “Almost 2,000 years ago, on August 24, A.D. 79, the seaside town of Pompeii (pom-PAY) was a typical Roman town. Many Romans went there on their vacation. They built large houses called villas and planted groves of olive trees along the slopes of a mountain called Mount Vesuvius (vuh-SOO-vee-us)” (10 & 11). Chapter 3 is titled “Gladiators!” so you know that’s an exciting chapter! Upon seeing a table surrounded by couches, Jack tells Annie, “This must be the dining room…People from Roman times lay down on couches while they ate” (38). At the end of the book is a section called, “More Facts for You and Jack.”
While the factual information is wonderful and written in small chunks in kid-friendly language, this book would be so much better with a prologue. Kids don’t always read series books in order, and picking up this book to read without having read the preceding books may be confusing.
While the factual information is wonderful and written in small chunks in kid-friendly language, this book would be so much better with a prologue. Kids don’t always read series books in order, and picking up this book to read without having read the preceding books may be confusing.
April 26, 2023
Good way to introduce the disaster of Pompeii to young readers, but even for young readers, I think more about Rome, Pompeii and Vesuvius could have been worked in. Also, oh good lord, Jack is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier!
July 15, 2024
My younger kiddo has been interested in Pompeii since I took him to a museum exhibit about it a couple years ago, and so he was thrilled to see that Jack & Annie visit there in this story. I’m not sure that the book’s depiction of the disaster lines up with the most recent discoveries, but it was an action-packed & informative read anyway!
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July 30, 2024I was not a dinosaur or mermaid kid, i was fascinated by Pompeii and the bubonic plague. It’s not surprising that this ended up on my shelves 😂 if i was 5 or 6 this book would’ve HIT but unfortunately I turn 30 in three weeks so it really needed more plot development lol
December 21, 2018
Wonder how historical some ideas are
January 5, 2020
Este libro para niños es muy bueno para un principiante que estar aprendiendo español. La historia es divertida y emocionante. Me gustó.
April 14, 2021
Nostalgic. Very fast paced. Didn’t even need to take a Latin class, this book taught me everything I needed to know.
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January 25, 2022We didn’t love this
October 23, 2022
Morgan le Fay makes some questionable decisions...this book highlights the most questionable yet
January 8, 2023
I only kind of liked this book. Lots of people get killed by fire or lava.
July 11, 2023
Magic Treehouse Series
My almost-4 year old granddaughter loves the Magic Treehouse books. We were talking the other day and I told her I was dog-sitting a greyhound named Gladiator. She was so excited and told us all about gladiators, Pompeii, and Mount Vesuvius. Asking how she knew all that she excitedly told me she learned about it in a Magic Treehouse book. I was surprised the book talked about a volcano that killed so many people, but it was handled well. She loves these books and so do I!
My almost-4 year old granddaughter loves the Magic Treehouse books. We were talking the other day and I told her I was dog-sitting a greyhound named Gladiator. She was so excited and told us all about gladiators, Pompeii, and Mount Vesuvius. Asking how she knew all that she excitedly told me she learned about it in a Magic Treehouse book. I was surprised the book talked about a volcano that killed so many people, but it was handled well. She loves these books and so do I!
September 18, 2023
My two youngest are into these stories! They are cute and a fun way to learn about history.
March 22, 2024
Kids loved it
November 30, 2021
Jack and Annie visit an end-of-the-world time in history to save an endangered scroll from the destruction of Mount Vesuvius.
Read with my daughter.
Read with my daughter.
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