01467cam a2200337 4500 330796278 TxAuBib 20140603120000.0 130826s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013029143 9780545509930 hardcover 0545509939 hardcover SKYRV TxAuBib Shecter, Vicky. Curses and smoke : a novel of Pompeii / by Vicky Alvear Shecter. First edition. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2014. 327 pages ; 22 centimeters. Tagus is a medical slave who wants be a gladiator, Lucia is the daughter of Tag's owner and betrothed to an older man, and the two teenagers are in love with each other--but it is the year 79 and soon Vesuvius will alter their lives forever. 20140618. A copy presented to the Douglas County Library System by the Ethel Sojka gift. A copy presented to the Douglas County Library System by Vince and Minnie McGovern. Slaves Italy Pompeii (Extinct city) Juvenile fiction. Volcanoes Juvenile fiction. Gladiators Juvenile fiction. Slavery Juvenile fiction. Vesuvius (Italy) Eruption, 79 Fiction. Pompeii (Extinct city) Fiction. Historical fiction. Love stories.