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1) Gemina
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Illuminae files volume 02
Language
English
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"When the space station Heimdall is invaded, Hannah and Nik must work together to defeat the enemy"--
On board the Jump Station Heimdall, Hanna is the captain's pampered daughter; Nik a member of a notorious crime family. While they are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion. When...
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Series
Roman mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When a Roman widow shows unusual interest in Flavia's father, Flavia decides to discover Cartila's true motives by performing twelve tasks, just like the Greek hero Hercules.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
The year is 79 AD. The place is Ostia, the port of Rome. Flavia Gemina, a Roman sea captain's daughter, is about to embark on a thrilling adventure. 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. Their investigations take them to the harbour, the forum, and the tombs of the dead, as they try to...
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 02
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When they hear of the mysterious and sudden death of the Emperor Titus, Flavia and her friends decide to investigate how he died.
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Series
Roman mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Flavia and her friends are shippwrecked on their way back to Ostia from North Africa. In a desparate quest to find a missing friend, the group finds themelves in the Egyptian port town of Alexandria.
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Series
Roman mysteries volume 05
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A ragged stranger and the prospect of losing her family's fortune lead Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan, Lupus, and Nubia to a seaside villa where possible danger and treasure are close at hand.
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Roman mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Flavia and her friends pursue tutor Aristo from Corinth to Athens when he escapes after being accused of committing a brutal attack on Flavia's father.
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Roman mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Flavia and her friends are on a quest for the Emperor Titus--to steal a valuable gemstone known as "Nero's Eye" and to discover what's happened to Uncle Gaius.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Suspecting their friend Jonathan is alive, Flavia, Nubia, and Lupus go to Rome for the Colosseum Games, facing wild beasts, criminals, conspirators, and gladiators, and where Nubia is called upon to make a terrible choice.
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Roman mysteries volume 03
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
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 powerful citizen might be involved.
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Roman mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
It's December, AD 80. Ostia is gripped by a case of triple murder. The defendant seems the most unlikely criminal- a tragic and beautiful slave-girl with a haunted past. Who will defend the slave-girl? And is she really innocent? Join the four detectives in their race to find the truth before the verdict is decided!
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Series
Roman mysteries volume 04
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Flavia and Nubia follow Jonathan to Rome and into the Golden House built by the emperor Nero, where a dangerous assassin lurks.
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Series
Roman mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Flavia and her friends go to Rome to celebrate the Festival of Jupiter at Senator Cornix's town house, where they befriend the young charioteer, Scopas, and quickly find themselves embroiled in a campaign to sabotage one of the rival racing factions.
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Series
Roman mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Flavia and her friends Jonathan, Lupus, and Nubia are invited to visit Pulchra, who asks them to uncover who is trying to poison her mother.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Jonathan and his friends are called to Rome by the emperor in the winter of 80 A.D. to find the new Prometheus believed to have brought an epidemic to the city, but Jonathan, obsessed with reuniting his parents, makes some unwise--and life-threatening--choices.
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Series
Roman mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 80 A.D., ten-year-old Roman sleuth Flavia and her friends sail from Corinth to Rhodes to try to stop a mysterious man who is kidnapping children and selling them into slavery.
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Series
Roman mysteries volume 16
Publisher
Orion Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Flavia and her friends are wanted by unknown enemies and cannot return home, so when they discover that Jonathan's nephew is among a number of children kidnapped in Italia, they set out for Halicarnassus to investigate.
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Series
Circle of shadows volume 01
Language
English
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Sora can move as silently as a ghost and hurl throwing stars with lethal accuracy. Her gemina, Daemon, can win any physical fight blindfolded and with an arm tied around his back. They are apprentice warriors of the Society of Taigas--marked by the gods to be trained in magic and the fighting arts to protect the kingdom of Kichona. As their graduation approaches, Sora and Daemon look forward to proving themselves worthy of belonging in the elite group--but...
