Vita & the Gladiator

A rip-roaring Roman mystery from HistoricalAssociation Young Quills Award-winning author Ally Sherrick.PRAISE FOR BLACK POWDER - WINNER OF THEHISTORIAL ASSOCIATION YOUNG QUILLS AWARD:' ... a wonderfully explosive adventure set in the turbulentyear of the gunpowder plot in Black Powder with impossiblydivided loyalties.' JULIA GOLDING, AUTHOR OF THEDIAMOND OF DRURY LANE'With its constant reversals and twists and turns, Tom's storyis almost as complex as the pliot and counter-plot of the GunpowderTreason itself ... The writing is lively and the pace neverflags.' HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETYVita longs to write the plays that she steals off to watch - butas the daughter of a high-born Roman, her only future is marriage.When her father is murdered, everything changes. She escapes with her life - only to end up a slave, sharing acell with a fierce gladiator, Brea, and her wolf. But when Vita and Brea discover they have a common enemy, theyknow they must stand together for truth and justice ... A rip-roaring adventure set in Roman London from therising queen of middle-grade historical fiction, Ally Sherrick Vita, nicknamed 'Little Owl' by her father, is an unlikelyhero – but when her father is murdered she has to uncoverthe truth, even if it means finding unlikely friendsThemes of deceit, storytelling and fighting justice