My Family and Other Romans: a laugh-out-loud funny time-travel adventure for fans of Loki

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You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. 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?

It highlights how talents don’t just have to be academic or athletic to be worth pursuing and how everyone has something they’re good at. 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. 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! 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. 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.

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. Following her dad’s battle re-enactment, Silvia de Luca ends up having to follow him back in time to Ancient Rome.

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? 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. 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. On top of meeting mythical monster and gods, she finds more than she bargained for - family she didn’t even know she had.As an amazing adventure begins to unfold, Livi isn’t sure how to decide what to do next, especially as there could be far-reaching consequences whatever happens. 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. 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.