Roman diary : the journal of Iliona of Mytilini, who was captured by pirates and sold as a slave in Rome, A.D. 107 / Richard Platt ; illustrated by David Parkins.
On a sea voyage from her native Greece to Egypt, Iliona's ship is boarded by pirates and she ends up sold as a slave in Rome. Includes information on Roman culture.
Item details
- ISBN: 9780763634803
- ISBN: 0763634808
- Physical Description: 64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 34 cm
- Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Contents / Notes
General Note: | Includes index. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 64) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Disaster strikes us! -- We are sold -- I say farewell to Apollo -- My studies begin again -- We visit Nero's baths -- I am sent on an errand -- I meet a soldier -- We watch the triumph! -- I visit the senate -- Our water dries up -- We set off for the farm -- I find my brother! -- Secrets of the farm -- Fire! -- I live at the world's center -- We watch a deadly game -- I am hoisted into the sky -- A wicked trip -- I watch a banquet -- A catastrophe -- Freedom -- Rome who was who? -- The army sports and games religion -- Technology. |
Target Audience Note: | "Age 8 and up." Elementary Grade. 940 Lexile. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader 46.0. Reading Counts! 7.3. Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.0 2.0 129945. Reading Counts RC 3-5 7.3 5 Quiz: 46727. |
Awards Note: | A Junior Library Guild selection. Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010 |
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Genre: | Diaries. Fiction. History. Juvenile works. Historical fiction. Diaries > Juvenile fiction. Diaries. |
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