Max and the children find themselves in the ancient city of Pompeii in the year 79AD and something terrible is about to happen...

Don't miss this exciting adventure!

"The mountain cracks and spews out fire,

the daytime sky turns black as night "

WINNER OF THE BRONZE MEDAL FOR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL FICTION

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As they continue the hunt for their missing parents who are lost somewhere in the pages of history, twins Jemima and Joe Lancelot embark on their fifth time-travelling journey into the past, accompanied by best friend Charlie, and Max their Tonkinese cat.

Their destination is the Roman town of Pompeii which lies in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, a volcano on the verge of a devastating eruption.

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In September The Shadow of the Volcano reached the NUMBER ONE slot in the  Kindle charts for children's historical fiction on both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

"Wendy Leighton-Porter's historical adventure novel for children and preteens, The Shadow of the Volcano: Shadows From the Past, Book Five, finds the time-travelers in Pompeii, and seeing the doomed city and its inhabitants just days before the eruption is poignant and moving. While this is book five in Leighton-Porter's Shadows Of the Past historical series, each of these books is complete and can be read as a stand-alone novel. I was fascinated by the historical aspect of this work as I was not all that familiar with Pompeii, aside from the tragic images taken after the town was rediscovered. The author breathes life anew into Pompeii, showing the likely culture one would have found there at that time in history. She also addresses the issue of slavery in an upfront and personal way by having her characters experience it first-hand. The Shadow of the Volcano: Shadows of the Past, Book Five is a thrilling and exciting read, and it's most highly recommended."

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