TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lawrence, Caroline.
TI  - The thieves of Ostia
T2  - The Roman mysteries, bk. 1
SN  - 9781842550205 (pbk)
U1  - 808.899282 L435 2015 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London, England, UK : 
PB  - Orion Children's Books, 
KW  - Gemina, Flavia (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.
KW  - Thieves -- Juvenile fiction.
KW  - Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.
KW  - Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. -- Juvenile fiction.
KW  - Ostia (Extinct city) -- Juvenile fiction.
KW  - Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D -- Fiction
N1  - Originally published in 2001. 
Reissued 2009 by Orion Children's Books; GS
N2  - The year is 79 AD. The place is Ostia, the port of Rome. Flavia Gemina, a Roman sea captain's daughter, is about to embark on a thrilling adventure. The theft of her father's signet ring leads her to three extraordinary people - Jonathan the Jewish boy next door, Nubia the African slave-girl, and Lupus, the mute beggar boy - who become her friends. Their investigations take them to the harbour, the forum, and the tombs of the dead, as they try to discover who is killing the dogs of Ostia, and why.; It's AD 79. Someone is killing Ostia's dogs and Flavia Gemina - inquisitive, bossy and brave - wants to find out who and why; Flavia Gemina is brilliant at finding things, so it's natural for her to solve mysteries. The daughter of a ship's captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in AD79, she acquires a gang of three friends who help her. There is Jonathan, the Jewish boy (and secretly a Christian); Nubia, the African slave girl; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy. Together they work out who severed the heads of the watchdogs that guard people's homes, and why he did it.
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