5th Grade and Up Books

Estes, Eleanor

MIRANDA THE GREAT

1967

79 p.

Lawrence, Caroline

THE THIEVES OF OSTIA The Roman Mysteries, Book 1 In Rome, in the year 79 A.D., a group of children from very different backgrounds work together to discover who beheaded a pet dog - and why.

2002

152 p.

Lawrence, Caroline

THE SECRETS OF VESUVIUS The Roman Mysteries, Book 2 Ten-year-old Flavia and her friends encounter the Roman admiral Pliny before making a journey to her uncle's farm near Mt. Vesuvius, where they try to solve a riddle, reunite a family, and get out of the path of a natural disaster.

2001

165 p.

Lawrence, Caroline

THE PIRATES OF POMPEII The Roman Mysteries, Book 3 At a refugee camp following the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried Pompeii, Flavia and her friends discover that children are disappearing and a very poweful citizen might be involved.

2003

161 p.

Lawrence, Caroline

THE ASSASSINS OF ROME The Roman Mysteries, Book 4 Flavia and Nubia follow Jonathan to Rome and into the golden House built by the emperor Nero, where a dangerous assassin lurks.

2002

152 p.

Lawrence, Caroline

THE DOLPHINS OF LAURENTUM The Roman Mysteries, Book 5 It's October AD 79. The arrival of a ragged man at the Geminus household sets in motion a series of events which take Flavia and her three friends to an opulent villa by the sea at Laurentum, a few miles south of Ostia. Just off the coast is a sunken wreck full of treasure which could be the answer to all their problems. But someone else is after the treasure, too. As the four children try to recover it, they solve the terrible mystery of Lupus's past.

2003

161 p.

Lawrence, Caroline

THE TWELVE TASKS OF FLAVIA GEMINA The Roman Mysteries, Book 6 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 Roman widow begins to show a keen interest in Captain Geminus, his daughter Flavia and her friends have to find out if she really loves him or is just after his money. To do that, Flavia has to undertake the twelve labours of Hercules. And there is a lion on the loose!

2004

216 p.

Ray, Mary

THE IDES OF APRIL The Roman Empire Sequence In Rome, in 62 A.D., 17-year-old Hylas must find a way to save himself, his mother, and the household slaves from imprisonment and imminent death when their master, a prominent senator, is found murdered.

1999

165 p.

Spears, Elizabeth George

THE BRONZE BOW When the Romans brutally kill Daniel bar Jamin's father, the young Palestinian searches for a leader to drive them out, but comes to realize that love might be a more powerful weapon than hate. 30 A.D.

1989

254 p.

Sutcliff, Rosemary

FRONTIER WOLF As punishment for his poor judgment, a young inexperienced Roman army officer is sent to Northern England to assume the command of a motley group known as the Frontier Wolves.

1996

196 p.

Sutcliff, Rosemary

THE EAGLE OF THE NINTH A young centurion ventures among the hostile tribes beyond the Roman Wall to recover the eagle standard of the Ninth, a legion which mysteriously disappeared under his father's command. Roman period, 55 B.C. - 449 A.D.

1954

291 p.

Sutcliff, Rosemary

THE SILVER BRANCH A young Roman army medical officer, sent to Britain during the period of waning Roman rule, befriends a kinsman with whom he shares an adventure of intrigue, exile, and underground activity with the Lost Ninth Legion. Roman period, 55 B.C. - 449 A.D.

1957

231 p.

Winterfeld, Henry

DETECTIVES IN TOGAS 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.

1956

249 p.

Winterfeld, Henry

MYSTERY OF THE ROMAN RANSOM The purchase of a slave for their teacher leads a group of schoolboys in ancient Rome into a dangerous intrigue.

2002

217 p.

Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn

FOUR HORSES FOR TISHTRY Tishtry's wish to buy her family's freedom from slavery in the Roman Empire inspires her to perform dangerous feats of stunt riding.

1985

214 p.