Three captivating mysteries, compulsive reading for 9-11 year-olds. Determined to find out who is responsible, the friends come face to face with pirates and slave-dealers. Sheltering in the refugee camps following the eruption, they discover that children are being kidnapped from the camps in THE PIRATES OF POMPEII. When Mount Vesuvius erupts, they flee one of the greatest natural disasters of all time. Author The Thieves of Ostia Synopsis Someone is killing Ostias dogs and Flavia is determined to find out who and why in the first of The Roman Mysteries. Not long after solving this mystery, THE SECRETS OF VESUVIUS finds them relaxing near Pompeii. In THE THIEVES OF OSTIA, the four friends get on the trail of the killer who is silencing the town's watchdogs. Join Flavia Gemina, a Roman sea captain's daughter, Jonathan, her Jewish neighbour, Nubia, the African slave-girl, and Lupus, the mute beggar boy, on three exciting adventures. The Thieves of Ostia Caroline Lawrence PERFECTION LEARNING Corporation, 2004 - Juvenile Fiction - 152 pages 6 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£9.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. First edition, second impression with number line '3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2'.
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