A laugh-out-loud funny family caper full of excitement and heart: perfect for fans of Loki, Horrible Histories and Who Let the Gods Out? If your child is at one of the schools, please DO NOT select any postage as the books are delivered to the schools on the day. But then something magical happened and Marie finally came to realise that girls like her can do anything they want. She learns to be brave and follow her instincts to make the right decisions that will save the world- past and present.

Silvia Fortuna Juno De Luca (Livi) has a name to amaze but that’s only half her story as she’s about to find out. Whilst re-enacting a Roman battle at Hadrian’s Wall Silvia’s dad slips through a portal, dragging the whole family back to ancient Rome. Please put in the notes your child first name and class number so we can deliver it to the correct person. When her dad disappears just before the opening of his biggest LARP project so far, Livi finds herself looking for him in circumstances that almost defy belief. Marie Basting has pulled off a comic but poignant read with a great structure and laugh out loud lines - one of my faves: families that slay together, stay together!

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Suddenly Silvia finds herself half-schoolgirl, half-goddess with the fate of her entire family resting upon her. Reading the story will encourage discussion about what is cool and what’s not, alongside promoting the enjoyment of different activities with different groups of friends or family. Livi and her dad’s favourite pastime isn’t necessarily the same as her friends but, for the most part, she’s Ok with this. My Family and Other Romans by Marie Basting you might also like: our reviews of Circus Maximus: Rider of the Storm by Annelise Gray, Vita and the Gladiator by Ally Sherrick, Adventures in Time: Alexander the Great By Dominic Sandbrook, Our Beautiful Game by Lou Kuenzler, Time School: We Will Honour Them by Nikki Young and Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin.

A fun and funny journey through the Roman Empire and some of its better and lesser-known gods and goddesses, My Family and Other Romans catapults the reader into the enthusiastic world of modern-day historical re-enactment.

And wait until you meet the rest of her her uncle’s raising an army, her mum’s a warrior goddess and her dad . Silvia’s dad loves re-enacting Roman battles on Hadrian’s Wall – unfortunately, he’s stumbled through a one-way portal back to ancient Rome and dragged the whole family along for the ride. Livi's adventures straddle the modern world of cosplay and Ancient Rome - fans of Horrible Histories will LARP this up (see what I did there? This children’s book is ideal for: imagining Roman History through a modern child’s eyes and appreciating people’s innate talents. Marie is the author of modern fairy tale Princess BMX and wants to show children that magic is everywhere even if it’s sometimes hard to find.

What happens when you’re sucked into Ancient Rome, find out that some FAMOUS names are actually related to you and YOUVE got to save the world? Silvia's Dad loves re-enacting Roman battles on Hadrian’s Wall – unfortunately, he’s stumbled through a one-way portal back to ancient Rome and dragged the whole family along for the ride. I am a voracious reader and used to be a learning support assistant in a senior school for eight years before leaving to home school my now adult daughter. And wait until you meet the rest of her family: her uncle’s raising an army, her mum’s a warrior goddess and her dad .

There was such attention to detail throughout, showing just how much time and effort the author put into creating this book. On top of meeting mythical monster and gods, she finds more than she bargained for - family she didn’t even know she had.

A laugh-out-loud funny family caper full of excitemnt and heart: perfect for fans of Who Let the Gods Out ! I raced through this like a runaway chariot - huge fun, loads of larping laughs and riotous Roman mayhem.The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I really loved how she found out the she was a demo-god and had some very famous Roman mythology characters for brothers and sisters.