Name: Mystery of the Roman Ransom
ISBN: 9780152162689

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Roman Riddles

Ancient Rome meets unruly schoolboy logic in mysteries with a cranky teacher and comic misadventures.

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History-mysteries where seven boys try to make sense of strange crimes
A lively tangle of Roman life, logic, and comic misadventure

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A cranky teacher alongside the boys’ crime-solving
Mystery with an amusingly wayward streak

Book Details

Authors: Henry Winterfeld
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: November 1, 2002
Format: Paperback
Theme: Ancient Civilizations · Stories Set in Europe
Reading lane: Ancient Civilizations

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European Biographies
Boys & Men
The Classics
Girls & Young Women

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Ancient Civilizations
Historical Europe
Medieval Tales
Renaissance Stories

About This Book

In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . thanks to some help from their cranky teacher, a little bit of logic, and a lot of amusing misadventure. It seems the boys can get nothing right: Their teacher's fiftieth birthday is long past (they should have done their math homework); the servant they bought as a present for his birthday isn't just your run-of-the-mill Gaul slave but a courier running for his life; and, to top...

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In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . thanks to some help from their cranky teacher, a little bit of logic, and a lot of amusing misadventure. It seems the boys can get nothing right: Their teacher's fiftieth birthday is long past (they should have done their math homework); the servant they bought as a present for his birthday isn't just your run-of-the-mill Gaul slave but a courier running for his life; and, to top it all off, the message he's carrying requests the assassination of a Roman senator—the father of one of the boys.