In some scenes, the children find dogs' heads (separate from the dogs' bodies) stuck up on poles. The first of the Roman Mysteries is a whodunit that tells you just what it was like to live in Ancient Rome. Their investigations take them to the harbour, the forum, and the tombs of the dead, as they try to discover who is killing the dogs of Ostia and why.

The theft of her father's signet ring leads her to three extraordinary people - Jonathan the Jewish boy next door, Nubia the African slave-girl, and Lupus the mute beggar boy - who become her friends. The first title in a mystery series set in ancient Rome Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.Flavia Gemina, a Roman sea captain's daughter, is about to embark on a thrilling adventure. The thieves of Ostia : a Roman mystery by Lawrence, Caroline Publication date 2002 Topics Dogs, Theft, Detective and mystery stories, Dogs, Stealing, Mystery and detective stories, Detective and mystery stories, Dogs, Theft Publisher Brookfield, Conn. The four embark on a search for the killer&150and that's when the excitement begins. Her investigation leads her to three extraordinary people: Jonathan, her new neighbor Nubia, an African slave and Lupus, a mute beggar boy. But THE THIEVES OF OSTIA is first and foremost a whodunnit, with lots of twist and cliffhangers - and a mystery for the reader to solve. The dogs on Flavia's street have started dying mysteriously, and she is determined to find out why.

Her picture of daily life in Ancient Rome is wonderfully vivid. by Caroline Lawrence 5. Together they solve a mystery: in their neighborhood dogs are getting. The theft of her fathers signet ring leads her to three extraordinary people - Jonathan the Jewish boy next door, Nubia the African slave-girl, and Lupus the mute beggar boy - who become her friends. The thieves of Ostia a Roman mystery 1st American ed. It is about a girl named Flavia, a boy named Jonathan and a slavegirl named Nubia. Caroline Lawrence is a terrific storyteller and a delightfully readable and accessible writer with characters that children will relate to. Flavia Gemina, a Roman sea captains daughter, is about to embark on a thrilling adventure. Together they work out who severed the heads of the watchdogs that guard people's homes, and why he did it. There is Jonathan, the Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian) Nubia, the African slave girl and Lupus, a mute beggar boy. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she acquires a gang of three friends who help her. Flavia Gemina is brilliant at finding things, so it's natural for her to solve mysteries. The Thieves of Ostia This is the first book in the Roman Mysteries series, and introduces you to Flavia Gemina, a Roman girl living in the port of Ostia, her Jewish neighbour Jonathan, a beggar boy called Lupus and a slave girl, Nubia.

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