Vacation under the Volcano

Jack and Annie take on their first mission as members of the Ancient Society of Master Librarians: retreiving a lost scroll from Pompeii!

— Michael Main

“This story was in a library in a Roman town. I need you to get it before thelibrary becomes lost.”

Vacation under the Volcano (Random House, June 1998).

VARIANTS

3 English variants

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Timeline Models

Single Static Timeline: Within the series, anything the kids do seems to fit known history rather than change it.

Time Travel Methods

Themes

Precognition, Premonition, or Prediction: “In Roman times, there were people who could see into the future and warn others about what they saw. These people were called soothsayers.”

Real-World Tags

Fictional Tags

Hercules: “It’s called The Strongest Man in the World,” said Morgan. “It’s a lost tale about Hercules.”
Morgan le Fay

Groupings

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From the magic tree house, Camelot ⋙ to Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, circa 2019. Note: Morgan and the tree house have returned.
From the magic tree house in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, circa 2019 ⋙ to Pompeii, 24 August AD 79. Round trip. Note: Jack and Annie in the tree house.
From the magic tree house in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, circa 2019 ⋙ to Camelot. Note: Morgan le Fay in the treehouse.