Mystery of the Roman Ransom


Book Description

The purchase of a slave for their teacher leads a group of schoolboys in ancient Rome into a dangerous intrigue.




Mystery of the Roman Ransom


Book Description

The purchase of a slave for their teacher leads a group of schoolboys in ancient Rome into a dangerous intrigue.




Mystery of the Roman Ransom


Book Description

The purchase of a slave for their teacher leads a group of schoolboys in ancient Rome into a dangerous intrigue.




Detectives in Togas


Book Description

In an effort to save a boy wrongly accused, a group of young friends living in ancient Rome search for the culprit who scrawled graffiti on the temple wall.




Castaways in Lilliput


Book Description

Three Australian children, adrift on a rubber raft, are cast ashore in a strange land of tiny people.




Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow


Book Description

When a mysterious envelope arrives for Jake Ransom, he and his older sister, Kady, are plunged into a gripping chain of events. An artifact found by their parents—on the expedition from which they never returned—leads Jake and Kady to a strange world inhabited by a peculiar mix of long-lost civilizations, a world that may hold the key to their parents' disappearance. But even as they enter the gate to this extraordinary place, savage grackyls soar across the sky, diving to attack. Jake's new friends, the pretty Mayan girl Marika and the Roman Pindor, say the grackyls were created by an evil alchemist—the Skull King. And as Jake struggles to find a way home, it becomes obvious that what the Skull King wants most is Jake and Kady—dead or alive.




Beyond the Desert Gate


Book Description

Palestine, first century A.D.-the Jews have revolted against Roman occupation. The ten Greek cities of Palestine-the Decapolis-want only to continue their peaceful trading existence, but they find themselves caught in the middle of the uprisings. Apollodorus, a merchant of Philadelphia, takes a risk and rescues a man whom a Roman patrol has left to die in the desert. When Apollodorus is killed by robbers, his three sons are left almost penniless and must each find a way for themselves. Philo, the youngest, is befriended by Xenos, the man saved from the desert, who has lost his memory. From him the boy learns the art of the scribe, and together they try to find their identity-one from the past, the other for the future. A serious story of an important time in history. This is the sequel to The Ides of April.




Ransom


Book Description

When midshipman Marshall learns of Archer's sacrifice, he discovers what he feels for Archer runs stronger and deeper than friendship.




Trouble at Timpetill


Book Description

When the Pirates, a gang of young boys in the small town of Timpetill, become too rowdy, the adults decide to discipline them by leaving the town in the middle of the night.




Ancient Rome


Book Description

"Includes background information, a play, writing and work study activities, art projects, and a full color poster.