The Lantern Bearers |
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| Authors: | Sutcliff, Rosemary |
| Topics: | Community, War & Conflict, Ancient History |
| Lexile: | 1210, |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| ISBN: | 9781429934398, |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 237, |
Threatened by a tide of invaders, the last of the Roman Auxiliaries are to leave Britain forever. But Aquila, a young legionnaire, chooses to stay behind, in order to join the fight to save his native land.
"A spellbinding historical adventure." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
The Lantern Bearers is the 1959 winner of the Carnegie Medal in Literature.
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