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Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Entry 3: The Roman Mysteries- The pirates of Pompeii By Caroline Lawrence
The four friends are at the refugee camp, where all the people that survived the eruption of mount Vesuvius go. After days, the friends hear that some children have gone missing!Later they meet Felix or Patron. He invites them to stay at his villa . Two days later, the friends meet Felix' daughter Pulchra. Flavia, Nubia, Lupus and Jonathan want desperately to solve the mystery!! After a few days, Nubia is gone and Jonathan tells Flavia that it was because she mistreated her! When Lupus, Jonathan, Leda (Pulchra's slave-girl) and Pulchra get captured by the pirates, Nubia and Lupus are their only hope! In fact, Lupus went to see the Patron, but without result. Flavia, Jonathan and the other two girls find all the missing children there. They even discover that one of the kidnappers is Felix' brother!! Finally Nubia rescues them by pretending to be with the pirates. Later they all dine together. The next day, the four friends happily return to Ostia...
Entry 2: The Roman Mysteries-The Gladiator of Capua By Caroline Lawrence
For the inauguration of the amphitheatres, Titus organizes gladiator fights and invites with Flavia, Nubia and Lupus. They accept.
Jonathan is at a gladiator school now. There he learns to fight with the sword.
His friends are at Flavia's uncle house.
The next day they go to the games and see many blood fights. Nubia catches a lottery ball and her prize is A GLADIATOR. In the next fight she sees her brother. That night she goes to see him and asks if he wants to be free again. But he doesn't.
The next morning, they see Jonathan in a fight: he wins!
Then they go and talk to him and find out that he calls himself Ira. But also Jonathan does not want to be free and sends them away. Flavia and Nubia are very sad and cry alot...
If you want to know the ending, read the book...

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Entry 1:The Roman Mysterties- The assassins of Rome By Caroline Lawrence
On Jonathan's birthday, a magistrate comes to their house and announces, that an assassin is willing to kill them. That same day, the assassin appears, but it turns out to be Jonathan's uncle. Jonathan hears his father and uncle talk:"...She stayed because of Jonathan...". He thinks his mother is dead because of him! Then he goes to his uncle, who talkes about his mother. The next day, Simeon and Jonathan are gone!! Even Lupus is unfindable and Mordecai is arrested!! the girls and Aristo find a message from Jonathan, saying that he went to Rome, to find his mother.Flavia and Nubia find themselves in Rome. Meanwhile, Aristo found Lupus and they too went in Rome. Jonathan was in the palace now. When he sees his mother she is hugging the emperor! Titus leaves and Jonathan goes to his mother. She's very surprised to see him...