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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2014 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 8 Up—Long ago in ancient Briton, a leper king named Bladud was cast out by his people and later healed in the hot springs of the goddess Sulis. Bladud founded a city around the springs and built a great stone circle to honor his goddess. In 1740, a young nobleman with too many debts worked for an English architect on a development of townhouses called the King's Circus, based on the design of Bladud's stone circle. In the present day, a girl with no name lives t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
Mythical King Bladud builds a shrine to ancient Bath's healing waters; architect's apprentice Zac is blackmailed into sabotaging the const...Log In or Sign Up to Read More