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The Lantern Bearers

by Rosemary Sutcliff
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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 . . .

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Series: The Eagle of the Ninth Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Kindle Book

  • Release date: February 18, 2011

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781429934398
  • Release date: February 18, 2011

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781429934398
  • File size: 594 KB
  • Release date: February 18, 2011

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Kindle Book
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subjects

Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1140
Text Difficulty:8-9

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 . . .

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Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction
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