- Epidemics, Family problems, Fiction, Mystery and detective stories
Jonathan and his friends are called to Rome by the emperor in the winter of 80 A.D. to find the new Prometheus believed to have brought an epidemic to the city, but Jonathan, obsessed with reuniting his parents, makes some unwise--and life-threatening--choices.
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About the book
- Author
- Caroline Lawrence
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 215
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press, Orion Children's Books (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780752861227
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