The language is so simplistic and the plot so basic I would assume it's written for the young, perhaps 8-12 market. I think boys would enjoy the descriptions of gladiator violence, but their parents would probably not want them reading it! This book seems to suffer from an identity crisis. Murder and lies fill his new life as a spy for Lucius Opimius. Politicians and greedy merchants plot against each other, and Atticus must do his best to protect his kindly master.and, in turn, the Emperor of Rome.
Atticus, a young boy who has been torn from his family and home and sold as a slave to a Roman aristocrat, quickly learns that not all is as it seems in the republic of Rome. But no, it's regular text.īook Description: Acclaimed author Barry Denenberg brings to life the intrigue of Roman politics and the bloody violence of the gladiator games in this story about ancient Rome. Since this series is put together by some of the same folks who wrote the Dear America and Royal Diaries books, I assumed this would be in the form of diary entries. I believe the series has since been abandoned the other series mentioned above were all discontinued between 2004-2006 by their publisher, Scholastic. Put together by the same team who created the My America, My Name is America, and Royal Diaries series, this particular set of childrens' books focuses on people who lived during the ancient civilizations. Fashion_piranhaI'm doing a double-book review today of the first two books of the Life and Times Series by Scholastic.
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