| When We Were Romans Contributor(s): Kneale, Matthew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307387860 ISBN-13: 9780307387868 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: "When We Were Romans "is a haunting psychological novel and another masterful work from the author of the prize-winning "English Passengers," Nine-year-old Lawrence is the man of his family. He watches over his mother and his willful little sister Jemima. He is the one who keeps order, especially when his mother decides they must leave their life in England behind because of threats from Lawrence's father. But their new life in Rome does not go as planned. Short of money and living off of his mother's old friends--all who seem to doubt her story--Lawrence soon realizes that things are not what they seem. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.22" W x 8" (0.58 lbs) 240 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 128520 Reading Level: 5.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When We Were Romans is a haunting psychological novel and another masterful work from the author of the prize-winning English Passengers.Nine-year-old Lawrence is the man of his family. He watches over his mother and his willful little sister Jemima. He is the one who keeps order, especially when his mother decides they must leave their life in England behind because of threats from Lawrence's father. But their new life in Rome does not go as planned. Short of money and living off of his mother's old friends--all who seem to doubt her story--Lawrence soon realizes that things are not what they seem. |
