Morris, Paula The Eternal City, 304 p. Point (Scholastic),
2015. $18. Language: G, Mature Content: G; Violence: PG
(lots of fighting, not graphic).
Laura Morris, 17, is at the tail end a school trip to Europe
when a volcano erupts, causing their plane to be delayed and making most of
their group sick. It isn’t until she
sees a boy appear in a cascade of water in the Pantheon that Laura has an
inkling that there is something other-worldly about the bad things happening to
her and her group. And it all traces
back to the bead on a bracelet that her grandfather gave to her before he died. The gods and goddesses of Rome are fighting
and Laura is the object of their ire.
With the help of a couple of classmates and a few muses made human,
Laura may survive the next few days.
Unfortunately, Morris takes quite a while to lumber into the
action and core of this adventure. It is
almost like she couldn’t decide if this were a romance or an adventure. From the tag lien on the cover (The past
never dies…), I was hoping for a much different book. This would be a good book to grab from the
Scholastic book fair when it shows up.
MS, HS – OPTIONAL.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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