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The Thunder Omen: The Roman Mystery Scrolls 3 Paperback – April 2, 2013
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Threptus the former beggar boy has teamed up with Floridius, a soothsayer and seller of sacred chickens. Together they earn a living helping people solve problems and mysteries.
In this third book of the series, it is the time of Saturnalia - when all the rules are turned upside down and chaos ensues. Threptus is enjoying the mayhem but the thunder omens are disturbing. Can Threptus help his friend matchmake and avoid the disaster threatened by the thunder omen?
- Reading age7 - 9 years
- Print length128 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level2 - 4
- Dimensions5.13 x 0.5 x 8 inches
- PublisherOrion Children's
- Publication dateApril 2, 2013
- ISBN-101444004573
- ISBN-13978-1444004571
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An exciting mystery and a history lesson, served up with humour. It's all very educational and very romantic. I've said it before, but those chickens are marvellous. And so are these little books, with so much goodness in them.―Bookwitch Blog
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It is Saturnalia - the topsy-turvy midwinter festival of feasting and fun - but Floridius the freelance soothsayer seems beset by bad luck. One of his prophecies failed and now he has a powerful enemy! Amid the plays, pantomimes and pandemonium, can Threptus find a way to give everyone something to celebrate?
Join Threptus and Floridius on their hilarious and action-packed adventures among Rome's superstitious underclass, and don't miss this ruder, funnier and still historically accurate companion to The Roman Mysteries.
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ISBN 978 1 4440 0457 1
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About the Author
Visit Caroline's website at www.carolinelawrence.com and follow her on Twitter @CarolineLawrenc.
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- Publisher : Orion Children's (April 2, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 128 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1444004573
- ISBN-13 : 978-1444004571
- Reading age : 7 - 9 years
- Grade level : 2 - 4
- Item Weight : 4.5 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.13 x 0.5 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,150,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #188,025 in Historical Fiction (Books)
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About the author
Million-selling author Caroline Lawrence writes detective stories with the double aim of entertaining children and teaching them. Combining fast-moving plots with historical accuracy means her history mystery stories are beloved of children, parents and teachers.
Caroline's first book, The Thieves of Ostia, was published in 2001. It introduces Flavia Gemina, the daughter of a sea-captain who lives in Rome’s port, Ostia. In the course of this first book set in the year of Vesuvius's eruption, Flavia meets three other children from different backgrounds: Nubia, a slave girl from Africa; Jonathan, a Jewish boy; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy. A further sixteen books follow the adventures of these four as they solve mysteries and have adventures in Pompeii, Rome, Greece, Turkey and North Africa.
The series was televised by the BBC in 2007 and 2008 with ten half hour episodes per season. Filmed in Tunisia, Bulgaria and Malta, it was the most expensive BBC children's TV series to date.
In 2009, Caroline won the Classical Association Prize for 'a significant contribution to the public understanding of Classics', an honour shared by Classicists such as Tom Holland and Mary Beard.
In 2011 Caroline launched a second historical detective series, the Western Mysteries, staring P.K. Pinkerton: a 12-year-old doubly orphaned detective who has trouble "reading people". The Case of the Deadly Desperados was the Sunday New York Times Editors' Choice in February 2012. P.K. Pinkerton and the Petrified man was shortlisted for an Edgar Award in 2014. The UK title of the same book is The Case of the Good Looking Corpse. P.K.'s third mystery was The Case of the Pistol-packing Widows. The final and fourth book in the series is The Case of the Bogus Detective.
In 2014 Caroline agreed to write a series of four books set in Roman Britain. The Roman Quests follow the fortunes of three siblings as they flee Rome and travel to Britannia at the far edges of the Empire. Set in the final turbulent years of the Emperor Domitian, the books take readers to famous Romano-British sites such as Londinium, Fishbourne, Bath Spa, Caerleon, Cirencester, Chester, York, Camulodunum and more. Set thirteen years after the final Roman Mystery, the Roman Quests will feature cameos by Flavia, Jonathan, Nubia, Lupus... and Miriam's twins!
Caroline has also written two books for Barrington Stoke, who specialise in books for dyslexic and reluctant readers. The Night Raid is a re-telling of the story of Nisus and Euryalus from Virgil's Aeneid. Queen of the Silver Arrow tells the story of Virgil's wonderful creation, Camilla.
Caroline says: "I want to know everything about the past, especially the exciting things. Also the sounds, smells, sights and tastes. I write historical novels because nobody has invented a Time Machine. And I write for kids because 11 is my inner age."
Caroline has also written a spin-off series of four Roman books for readers aged 7+ called The Roman Mystery Scrolls.
Here are Caroline Lawrences books:
THE ROMAN MYSTERIES (for ages 8+)
I The Thieves of Ostia - the friends meet and solve their first mystery
II The Secrets of Vesuvius - a riddle and danger as Vesuvius erupts
III The Pirates of Pompeii - who's taking children from the refugee camp?
IV The Assassins of Rome - Jonathan's search takes him to Rome
V The Dolphins of Laurentum - sunken treasure and Lupus's past
VI The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina - romance & mystery in Ostia
VII The Enemies of Jupiter - plague and fire in Rome, early AD 80
VIII The Gladiators from Capua - opening of the Colosseum, AD 80
IX The Colossus of Rhodes - the four friends take a cruise in May...
X The Fugitive from Corinth - then pursue a fugitive around Greece
XI The Sirens of Surrentum - the Bay of Naples for poison & decadence
XII The Charioteer of Delphi - a famous racehorse goes missing
The Code of Romulus - a World Book Day booklet
The First Roman Mysteries Quiz Book - Roman fashion, food, music & more
XIII The Slave-girl from Jerusalem - courtroom drama in Ostia
Trimalchio's Feast and other Mini-Mysteries - a collection of short stories
The Second Roman Mysteries Quiz Book - Roman medicine, love, marriage & more
XIV The Beggar of Volubilis - a caravan across North Africa
From Ostia to Alexandria with Flavia Gemina (a Travel Guide)
XV The Scribes from Alexandria - Egypt and Nubia in Roman times
XVI The Prophet from Ephesus - the four go to Asia Minor (Turkey)
XVII The Man from Pomegranate Street - who killed Titus & whom does Flavia marry?
The First Roman Mysteries Omnibus
The Legionary from Londinium and other Mini-Mysteries
The Roman Mysteries Treasury
THE ROMAN MYSTERY SCROLLS (for ages 7+)
I The Sewer Demon - Threptus the ex-beggar boy must overcome a creature from below
II The Poisoned Honey Cake - Threptus gets in trouble when he steals a cake from an altar
III The Thunder Omen - During the Saturnalia, Threptus and Floridius try to rig the omens
IV The Two-faced God - Threptus sees the god of the new year: Janus! Or does he?
THE WESTERN MYSTERIES (for ages 10+)
1. The Case of the Deadly Desperados, the first of P.K. Pinkerton's adventures
2. The Case of the Good-looking Corpse, the shoot-outs book
3. The Case of the Pistol-packing Widows, Carson City shenanigans
4. The Case of the Bogus Detective, the stage-coach book
THE NIGHT RAID (for ages 11+)
Retelling of a story from book 9 of Virgil's Aeneid for teen readers
QUEEN OF THE SILVER ARROW (for ages 11+)
Retelling of a story from books 7 and 11 of Virgil's Aeneid for teen readers
THE ROMAN QUESTS (for ages 8+)
1. Escape from Rome (May 2016)
Juba and his siblings Fronto and Ursula flee from Rome to Britannia
2. The Archers of Isca (October 2016)
Fronto joins the Roman legion to learn to be brave
3. Death in the Arena (April 2017)
Ursula finds herself performing in the arena
4. Return to Rome (tbc)
The three siblings and their British friend Bouda return to face the Emperor Domitian
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Inzwischen ist Threptus Lehrling von Floridius geworden, einem Weissager und Verkäufer von heiligen Hühnern. Gemeinsam verdienen sie sich ihren Lebensunterhalt mit allerlei kuriosen Einfällen, denn so richtig vermag Floridius nicht die Zukunft vorherzusagen und seine Geschäftsideen sind nicht wirklich erfolgreich. Dazu kommt seine Vorliebe für Wein und das Wetten, was häufiger für eine leere Kasse bei den beiden sorgt.
Glücklicherweise hat Threptus Freude an Geheimnissen, Rätseln und löst sehr gerne Kriminalfälle. Dadurch gelingt es ihm, Floridius zur Seite zu stehen und ihn aus schlimmen Situationen zu retten.
In "The Thunder Omen" nun geht es um das Fest der Saturnalien. Bei diesem alten römischen Fest ist alles anders - die Sklaven werden von ihren Herren bedient, es gibt Verkleidungen, Mummenschanz und irgendwie ist alles chaotisch und ein bisschen wie Karneval.
Threptus ist begeistert von den winterlichen Feierlichkeiten, in Ostia, der berühmten Hafenstadt vor den Toren Roms, doch die Donner-Omen, mit denen er und Floridus konfrontiert werden, sind besorgniserregend. Immerhin geht es um eine Heirat und jede Menge Theater, im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Schließlich muss Threptus mal wieder dafür sorgen, dass eine Prophezeiung seines Meisters, nicht in einer totalen Katastrophe endet, sondern sich am Ende doch noch alles zum Guten wendet.
Caroline Lawrence versteht es, auf hervorragende Weise die Zeit des alten Roms lebendig werden zu lassen. Da sich das dünne Buch, es umfasst nur 122 Seiten, hauptsächlich an ein jüngeres Lesepublikum richtet, darf man natürlich keinen hochkomplizierten Kriminalfall erwarten.
Spaß und Spannung stehen im Vordergrund, mit einer gehörigen Portion Situationskomik und rasanten Verfolgungsjagden kombiniert, ergibt sich daraus ein sehr unterhaltsames Buch, welches großen Wert darauf legt, trotzdem Wissen zu vermitteln, quasi im Vorbeigehen oder besser im Vorbeirennen, denn das Tempo der Geschichte ist beachtlich und die Beschreibungen vortrefflich.
Wie bei jeder Serie lohnt es sich, die Bücher in der richtigen Reihenfolge zu lesen. Die einzelnen Fälle sind zwar in sich abgeschlossen, doch es gibt immer wieder einzelne Bezüge und wiederkehrende Personen, die sich beim chronologischen Lesen besser erschließen.
Aus der Reihe "The Roman Mystery Scrolls" sind bislang erschienen:
1. The Sewer Demon (2012)
2. The Poisoned Honey Cake (2012)
3. The Thunder Omen (2013)
4. The Two-faced God (2013)
Fünf Sterne für einen unterhaltsamen dritten Band einer Reihe, die von Buch zu Buch mehr an Substanz gewinnt und zu überzeugen weiß. Nicht nur für junge Leser ein großer Spaß. Lesenswert.