Vita & the Gladiator
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Vita & the Gladiator
By (Author) Ally Sherrick
Chicken House Ltd
Chicken House Ltd
2nd February 2023
2nd February 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Warfare, battles, armed forces
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Lives of children in the past
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Adventurers and outlaws
European history: the Romans
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Dogs and wolves
Narrative theme: Coming of age
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 194mm, Height 128mm, Spine 26mm
240g
Description
Vita longs to write plays and poetrybut as a high-born girl in Roman Londinium, her fate is sealed: marriage and children. Then her father is murdered, her mother and brother disappear, and Vita flees from a shadowy enemy. Disguised as a slave at the gladiators arena, she forges an unlikely bond with Brea, a native Briton gladiatrixand her wolf. Together, they resolve to discover and bring the killer to justice before Vitas identity is revealed ...
