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Author
Series
Mark of the thief volume 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing the lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds much more than gold and gemstones. He discovers an ancient bulla, an amulet that belonged to the great Caesar, filled with a magic once reserved for the gods--magic some Romans would kill for..." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Series
Mark of the thief volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017, 2018.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nicolas Calva has Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and he has hidden the dangerous Jupiter Stone, but he still has to find a way to defeat The Mistress, a dragon who contains the soul of the vestalis Atroxia, and who hates Rome, and save his mother and friends, and maybe even the Empire itself--and he is troubled by his sneaking sympathy for Atroxia, who was unjustly condemned.
Author
Series
Mark of the thief volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Now a driver in the chariot races, Nic is still a target of the Praetors because of the magical amulet he found, and they will do anything to get their hands on it--and meanwhile Atroxia is beginning to wake up." -- Provided by publisher.
4) The valiant
Author
Series
Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
Description
Fallon, the daughter of a Celtic king, is captured and sold to a training school for women gladiators under the patronage of Julius Caesar, circumstances that put her survival in the hands of an enemy who was responsible for her sister's death.
Author
Series
Valiant novel volume 2
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Fallon and her fellow gladiatrices are thrust into a vicious conflict with a rival gladiator academy, the only thing that might save them is a tribe of long-forgotten mythic Amazon warriors.
Be brave, gladiatrix... And be wary. Once you win Caesar's love, you'll earn his enemies' hate. Fallon was warned. Now she is about to pay the price for winning the love of the Roman people as Caesar's victorious gladiatrix. When dark treachery and vicious...
6) Tiger, tiger
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Unabridged.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
4 audio discs (approximately 72 min. each) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.