While visiting Rome, Geronimo and Benjamin are pulled into the investigation of the "ghost" of a gladiator haunting the Colosseum and scaring tourists away.

Two brothers, having run away from the aunt who plans to adopt the younger one, are sought by a detective hired by their aunt, but they have found shelter with--and protection from--Venice's "Thief Lord."

Mimi, Papa, Christina and Grant explore Italy while trying to solve a mystery involving a puzzling advertisement and mysterious men in black trench coats.

Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.

Lorenzo, son of the Duke's master armorer, longs to experience battle for himself, and thrusts himself into conflict when he learns of a planned attack against the Duke.

"Investigating the theft of a priceless historical violin, Mac B., kid spy, organizes a museum patrol that finds him zip-lining into Italy with his trusty corgi sidekick on an undercover mission in the heart of enemy territory"--

This series, produced in partnership with the RSC, is designed to introduce students to Shakespeare's plays. Using trusted and established RSC approaches and vibrant RSC performance photographs, it brings Shakespeare's plays to life in the classroom and establishes a deeper understanding and lasting appreciation of his work. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Drama.

Retells in graphic novel format Shakespeare's tragedy of two star-crossed youths who fall in love despite the tensions between their warring families.

In Italy in 1491, Mangus the magician and his apprentice are summoned to the castle of Duke Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being haunted by a ghost.

The mysterious box that Ranger the golden retriever found in the garden transports him back to first century Rome, where he must rescue Marcus, a young servant boy, and Quintus, a volunteer gladiator, from the brutal world of the Colosseum.