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Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 5
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
"The Greek and Roman demigods must simultaneously prevent the earth mother, Gaea, from waking and stop war from breaking out at Camp Half-Blood"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Heroes of Olympus volume 2
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Demigod Percy Jackson, still with no memory, and his new friends from Camp Jupiter, Hazel and Frank, go on a quest to free Death, but their bigger task is to unite the Greek and Roman camps so that the Prophecy of Seven can be fulfilled.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 5
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
"Traveling home by cruise ship should be a relaxing break after Emily's latest adventure, but things take a turn when the ship is overtaken by a pirate king and his crew. After the pirates collect everyone's riches, they steal something even more valuable: Aaron. The pirate king's eldest son takes Aaron captive, forcing him to help guide the pirates to the mythical Trident's Treasure. So Emily dives into action and joins the younger son's crew in...
5) Venus
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates the exploits of Venus and her importance in Roman mythology, including her connection to such figures as Aeneus and Adonis, and describes the role of myths in the modern world.
6) Hercules
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Relates the exploits of Hercules and his importance in Roman mythology, including his connection to such figures as King Augeas and Queen Hippolyte, and describes the role of myths in the modern world.
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 4
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Traveling home by cruise ship should be a relaxing break after Emily's latest adventure, but things take a turn when the ship is overtaken by a pirate king and his crew. After the pirates collect everyone's riches, they steal something even more valuable: Aaron. The pirate king's eldest son takes Aaron captive, forcing him to help guide the pirates to the mythical Trident's Treasure. So Emily dives into action and joins the younger son's crew in...
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 3
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring buried under rocks in the ocean, Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose to be either a mermaid or a human and split up her parents forever.
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (349 pages) : map.
Language
English
Description
When a local farmer with a grievous sword wound dies at their inn, twins Aurelia and Lucius head for the coast to return the man's body to his family and investigate a shipwreck with a valuable cargo that may have been stolen by outlaw sea-raiders. Meanwhile, the feuding between the Roman colonists and the natives of Britannia escalates.
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
880L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Language
English
Description
Discusses major themes and deities of the religion of ancient Rome, and the ways that this religion influenced other cultures as well as modern art and language. Includes reading comprehension questions, a glossary, color photographs, and a list of additional resources.
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
"Two brothers bound by tragedy. A fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past. A country torn by revolution. A love that lasts long past death. An extraordinary new novel, set in both India and America, that expands the scope and range of one of our most dazzling storytellers: the best-selling author of The Namesake and Unaccustomed Earth. Born just fifteen months apart, Subhash and Udayan Mitra are inseparable brothers, one often mistaken for the...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (239 pages) : chiefly color illustrations
Language
English
Description
Compilation of comics that explores the twelve labors of Hercules, in which the hero Hercules seeks to atone for killing his wife and children through service to King Eurystheus, who sends him on twelve missions.
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : map.
Language
English
Description
First century English innkeeper Aurelia Marcella discovers ties between a murdered soldier in her inn and anti-Roman sentiments threatening violence in northern regions where her cousin Jovina plans to throw a midsummer birthday party.
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : maps.
Language
English
Description
First century English innkeeper Aurelia Marcella teams up with traveler Quintus to uncover the identity of an anti-Roman rebel band responsible for a string of brutal murders targeting Roman citizens.
16) A bitter chill
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : map.
Language
English
Description
In late December 95 AD, innkeeper Aurelia Marcella and other Roman settlers in Britannia are busy preparing for Saturnalia. But Aurelia's life is changed forever when her brother arrives with news of someone spreading rumors that her family is plotting against Caesar, placing the Marcella family in grave danger. To make matters worse, a murder occurs at Aurelia's inn and her sister Albia is one of the prime suspects. It is up to Aurelia to save her...
Author
Series
Emily Windsnap volume 2
Lexile measure
520L
Language
English
Description
"All Emily Windsnap wants to do is impress her best friend, Shona, and the other mermaids who live in the sea around Allpoints Island. But instead, she wakes up with the kraken, a terrifying octopus-like monster the size of an apartment building. Now he's coming after everything and everyone, and it's up to Emily to stop him. Luckily she's got help from Shona and one other person--someone Emily hoped never, ever to see again."--Back cover.
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Standard full frame ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"During the first century A.D. Judah Ben-Hur is a young Hebrew prince thrown into slavery by the Romans after a tragic accident who wins his way back to his home and family on a heroic adventure of discovery. Judah's love for a beautiful slave girl is threatened by the bitter conflict dividing two former friends and his triumph is set against the backdrop of the historic struggle between a captive people and a mighty empire. From an exciting sea battle...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
560L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
When Jupiter learns that Cassiopeia, queen of Ethiopia, has been boasting that she is more beautiful than the sea nymphs, his anger threatens to cause her kingdom to crumble.
Author
Language
English
Description
The hero of the story is Beric, a young Briton, currently living under Roman subjugation. After he is raised to the rank of chief among his tribe, known as the Iceni, he and his tribe rise up against Roman rule. The strong but untrained Britons are successful in the beginning of the uprising, but are quickly conquered again by the well-trained legionaries. Beric and his small group of men fight to the last, conducting a sort of guerrilla warfare....