To do that, Flavia has to undertake the twelve labours of Hercules. When a Roman widow begins to show a keen interest in Captain Geminus, his daughter Flavia and her friends have to find out if she really loves him or is just after his money. It's the season of Saturnalia, a pagan festival where anything can happen.

In the Roman port of Ostia braziers are lit, hot spiced wine is brewed and soft fur covers are brought out from cedarwood storage chests. As the four children try to recover it, they solve the terrible mystery of Lupus's past. But someone else is after the treasure, too. Just off the coast is a sunken wreck full of treasure which could be the answer to all their problems. The arrival of a ragged man at the Geminus household sets in motion a series of events which take Flavia and her three friends to an opulent villa by the sea at Laurentum, a few miles south of Ostia. Vesuvius which buried Pompeii, Flavia and her friends discover that children are disappearing and a very poweful citizen might be involved.įlavia and Nubia follow Jonathan to Rome and into the golden House built by the emperor Nero, where a dangerous assassin lurks. Vesuvius, where they try to solve a riddle, reunite a family, and get out of the path of a natural disaster.Īt a refugee camp following the eruption of Mt. Ten-year-old Flavia and her friends encounter the Roman admiral Pliny before making a journey to her uncle's farm near Mt. In Rome, in the year 79 A.D., a group of children from very different backgrounds work together to discover who beheaded a pet dog - and why. Atticus is a young boy who has been torn from his family and home. Two tiger cub brothers are taken from the jungle to ancient Rome, where one becomes the pampered pet of Caesar's daughter and the other becomes a man-eating 'entertainment act' at the Colosseum.Īcclaimed author Barry Denenberg brings to life the intrigue of Roman politics and the bloody violence of the gladiator games in this gripping story about ancient Rome. Maximus and Vanilla, twin brother and sister, rescue the horse Ploydox from slaughter, escaping with it, and then sign up for a chariot race.Ī pigeon carrying an important message takes the reader on a unique tour which includes both ancient and modern parts of the city of Rome. KEY: jP = Picture Books jZ = 1st and 2nd Grade Readers jE = 3rd and 4th Grade Readers JF = 5th Grade and Up

The Ides of April by Mary Ray