Sonderbooks     Book Reviews by Sondra Eklund

More Info from Amazon.com

Rate this Book


Sonderbooks 47
    Previous Book
    Next Book

Nonfiction
Fiction
Young Adult Fiction
Children's Nonfiction
Children's Fiction
    Historical
        Previous Book
        Next Book

Picture Books

2003 Stand-outs
2002 Stand-outs
2001 Stand-outs

Five-Star Books
Four-Star Books
Old Favorites
Back Issues
List of Reviews by Title
List of Reviews by Author

Links For Book Lovers

About Me
Contact Me
Subscribe
Post on Bulletin Board

I don't review books I don't like!

*****= An all-time favorite
****  = Outstanding
***    = Above average
**      = Enjoyable
*        = Good, with reservations

cover

***Galen

My Life in Imperial Rome

by Marissa Moss

Reviewed February 17, 2003.
Silver Whistle (Harcourt Books), San Diego, 2002.  52 pages.
Available at Sembach Library (JF MOS)

This book is presented as the diary of a Greek slave boy owned by Caesar Augustus.  I didn’t know that it was common to free slaves in those days and that slaves tried to earn money to buy their freedom.  Galen’s best friend is a charioteer.  I also didn’t know that young boy slaves drove chariots and could use their winnings to eventually buy their freedom.

Besides the interesting facts about life in Imperial Rome, a plot comes up against Caesar’s life and Galen must figure out how to get people to even listen to him, a slave.  This book is in a format that will pique kids’ interest.

Review of another book by Marissa Moss:
Talia's Codebook for Mathletes
Kate Warne, Pinkerton Detective
The Eye That Never Sleeps
Boardwalk Babies


Copyright © 2003 Sondra Eklund.  All rights reserved.

-top of page-