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The first in Caroline Lawrence's internationally bestselling Roman Mysteries series, re-issued with a fantastic new cover look. Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she and her three friends, Jonathan, a Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia, an African slave girl; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy, must work together to discover who is beheading the watchdogs that guard people's homes, and why. A talented storyteller, Caroline Lawrence has created a delightfully readable and accessible series that children will want to read time and time again.
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The Thieves of Ostia : A Roman Mystery, Caroline Lawrence
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- The Thieves of Ostia : A Roman Mystery
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Caroline Lawrence
- Publisher
- Orion Children's Books
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN10
- 1842550209
- ISBN13
- 9781842550205
- Series
- The Roman Mysteries
- Collection
- The Roman mysteries; The big wild read
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Juvenile Nonfiction, Detective Fiction, Mysterious, Mysteries, Middle Grade, Children's Mystery, Ancient Rome, History for children and youth, Thieves, Robbers, Child Hero
- First published
- 2001
- Original title
- The thieves of Ostia
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- The first in Caroline Lawrence's internationally bestselling Roman Mysteries series, re-issued with a fantastic new cover look. Flavia Gemina is a natural at solving mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she and her three friends, Jonathan, a Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia, an African slave girl; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy, must work together to discover who is beheading the watchdogs that guard people's homes, and why. A talented storyteller, Caroline Lawrence has created a delightfully readable and accessible series that children will want to read time and time again.