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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 9 Up—This action-packed adventure set in ancient Greece and Rome follows the travails of 10-year-old Marcus Cornelius Primus, who manages to escape from the vengeful moneylender who has killed the man he always considered his father and kidnapped his mother. Determined to seek justice from his centurion stepfather's former commander, General Pompey, Marcus flees toward Rome, only to be sold into slavery and imprisoned in a gladiator training school. As his sense of social justice is awakened by the barbaric treatment me...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
After Marcus, son of a Roman centurion, witnesses his father's death, he and his mother are sold into slavery. Marcus...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
