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Heartless Dark
J P Buxton
Hodder Children's Books
ISBN : 9780340970065
The gripping sequel to I AM THE BLADE, from an outstanding adult writer new to children's books. Tog has fulfilled his destiny – but destiny bites back. He's got it all: power – he’s the high king; friendship - those who fought for survival ...
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The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina
Caroline Lawrence
Orion Children's
ISBN : 9781842550250
It is December AD 79. 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. It's the season of Saturnalia, a pagan festival where anything can happen. When a ...
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The Pirates of Pompeii
Caroline Lawrence
Orion Children's
ISBN : 9781842556368
AD 79, following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii. Among the thousands of people huddled in refugee camps along the bay of Naples are Flavia Gemina and her friends Jonathan the Jewish boy, Nubia the African slave-girl, ...
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The Prophet from Ephesus
Caroline Lawrence
Orion Children's
ISBN : 9781842556061
It's August, AD 81. Presumed dead by their families but wanted by unknown authorities, Flavia and her friends feel very far from home. News of more kidnappings in Italia reach them, and when they discover one of Miriam's twins is among the missing, ...
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The Colossus of Rhodes
Caroline Lawrence
Orion Children's
ISBN : 9781842551387
Spring AD 80. The sailing season has begun. Lupus decides to see if his mother is still alive and to follow his uncle's dying wish. The friends sail to the island of Rhodes, site of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world . . . and base of a ...
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The Scribes from Alexandria
Caroline Lawrence
Orion Children's
ISBN : 9781842556054
A desperate quest begins in the Romano-Egyptian port of Alexandria: site of the great lighthouse, the Library and the tomb of Alexander the Great. Codes, riddles, anagrams and hieroglyphics lead the search parties down the river Nile to pyramids ...
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The Sirens of Surrentum
Caroline Lawrence
Orion Children's
ISBN : 9781842555064
Summer AD 80. Flavia and her friends receive an invitation to stay at the luxurious Villa Limona in Surrentum, where their friend Pulchra has a mystery she desperately wants them to solve. After a year of hardship and disasters, people are in ...
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The Fugitive from Corinth
Caroline Lawrence
Orion Children's
ISBN : 9781842554128
May AD 80. Flavia and her three friends, Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus are in Cenchrea, the eastern harbour of Corinth, the hometown of Aristo, their tutor. But Aristo tells them he is not coming back with them this time. Later, there is a commotion, ...
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The Thieves of Ostia
Caroline Lawrence
Orion Children's
ISBN : 9781842555606
Flavia Gemina is brilliant at finding things, so it's natural for her to solve mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she acquires a gang of three friends who help her. There is Jonathan, the ...
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