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159 pp.
| Roaring Brook |
May, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-7613-1584-5$$15.95
|
LibraryISBN 0-7613-2604-9$$22.90
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4-6Roman Mysteries series.
Flavia and her friends solve a third mystery, this time involving kidnapped children, pirates, and escaped slaves. The setting--a villa outside Pompeii, just after the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius--is palpably evoked; the action is nonstop (with not so many gratuitous cliffhanger chapter endings as before); and the characters are well delineated. A light mystery that contains/disguises a wealth of detail about life in ancient Rome.