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The lantern bearers

by Sutcliff, Rosemary.

Format: Print Book 2010
Availability: Available at 2 Libraries 2 of 2 copies

Available (2)
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CLP - Main Library First Floor Children's Department - Fiction Collection j PAPERBACK Sutcliff
Location  CLP - Main Library
 
Collection  First Floor Children's Department - Fiction Collection
 
Call Number  j PAPERBACK Sutcliff
 
 
North Versailles Public Library Young Adult YA FIC SUTC
Location  North Versailles Public Library
 
Collection  Young Adult
 
Call Number  YA FIC SUTC
 
 

Summary

Rosemary Sutcliff's The Lantern Bearers is the winner of the 1959 Carnegie Medal in Literature.

The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain forever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila, a young Legionnaire, deserted his regiment to stay behind with his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship and fighting follow, and in the end, there is only one thing left in Aquila's life--his thirst for revenge . . .

Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "Gr. 6-9. Owain, a young Briton, the only survivor of a battle with the Saxons, is enslaved as he attempts to rescue the waif, Regina. Years later, he finds the girl and together they face the future. The third in a trilogy containing The Eagle of the Ninth and The Silver Branch."
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Additional Information
Series Roman Britain trilogy ; bk. 3
Subjects Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Juvenile fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 -- Fiction.
Publisher New York :Square Fish,2010
Edition 1st Square Fish ed.
Language English
Notes Includes discussion questions.
Description 219 pages : map ; 20 cm.
ISBN 9780312644307 (pbk.)
0312644302 (pbk.)
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