Three captivating mysteries, compulsive reading for 9-11 year-olds. Determined to find out who is responsible, the friends come face to face with pirates and slave-dealers.
I didn't hate this, but I can't say I really loved it either.
Sheltering in the refugee camps following the eruption, they discover that children are being kidnapped from the camps in THE PIRATES OF POMPEII. The first book in the Roman Mysteries - a historical middle grade mystery series set in Rome AD79 - The Thieves of Ostia introduces four children - Flavia, Nubia, Lupus and Jonathan - who team up and find adventure and intrigue wherever they go. When Mount Vesuvius erupts, they flee one of the greatest natural disasters of all time. Not long after solving this mystery, THE SECRETS OF VESUVIUS finds them relaxing near Pompeii. In THE THIEVES OF OSTIA, the four friends get on the trail of the killer who is silencing the town's watchdogs. Join Flavia Gemina, a Roman sea captain's daughter, Jonathan, her Jewish neighbour, Nubia, the African slave-girl, and Lupus, the mute beggar boy, on three exciting adventures. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£9.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. First edition, second impression with number line '3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2'. Urn:oclc:839577075 Republisher_date 20131217083922 Republisher_operator Scandate 20131216093559 Scanner . The Thieves of Ostia The Roman Mysteries 1 Caroline Lawrence 160 pages first pub 2002 ( editions) fiction childrens historical mystery adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced Description The dogs on Flavias street have started dying mysteriously, and she is determined to find out why.
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