Wanted!

Kate Thompson's Wanted illustrated by Jonny Duddle, is a terrific adventure abotu a boy called Marcus trying to get by in ancient Rome, and accidentally acquiring a horse taht turns out to be something a little special. This is a lovely book, with fine line drawings, the sort you'd be happy to see a boy of eight reading, and I hope it is the beginning of a series.

Toby Clements, The Daily Telegraph

Told in beautiful clear prose, this short novel does not try to emulate the historical fiction published in the Antelope and Gazelle series of 1960s-1980s by such authors as Rosemary Sutcliff, but gives the reader a glimpse of a past era in a different, humorous way.

Janet Fisher, http://www.booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/184/childrens-books/reviews/wanted

Wanted! also provides a brief but fun look at history, served up so you almost overlook the fact that you're being educated.

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