Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 1:: Pompeii: Tiro's Story

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more – the Oxford Bookworms Library has a book for every student.

It is early morning on a warm day in Roman Italy. Sixteen-year-old Tiro gets the water, makes breakfast, and works in the kitchen - like he does day after day. Tiro is a slave. But today is different. He is going to Pompeii for the first time. He is excited, but it is AD 79: and on Mount Vesuvius, very bad things are beginning to happen... Word count 4,793The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story. David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.