Mark of the thief [Mark of the thief Volume: bk. 1]by Nielsen, Jennifer A. 

Paperback(Scholastic Press, 2015)

BTSB #: 676468 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.2 MG RC: 4.5 6-8

Genres: Historical Fiction

Subjects: Magic - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Amulets - Fiction Insurgency - Fiction Rome - Antiquities - Fiction Rome - History|yEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. - Fiction

Summary: Book one--When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing lost treasures of Julius Caesar, he finds himself in possession of an ancient amulet filled with magic once reserved for the gods, and becomes the center of a conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and destroy Rome.

Wrath of the storm [Mark of the thief Volume: bk. 3]by Nielsen, Jennifer A. 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2017)

BTSB #: 676477 Available

Dewey: FAges: 9-12   
AR: 5.4 MG RC: 4.6 6-8 Lexile: 750

Genres: Historical Fiction Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Magic - Fiction Amulets - Fiction Slavery - Fiction Dragons - Fiction Adventure fiction Rome - History|yEmpire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. - Fiction

Summary: Book three--Nicolas Calva has Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and he has hidden the dangerous Jupiter Stone, but he still has to find a way to defeat The Mistress, a dragon who contains the soul of the vestalis Atroxia, and who hates Rome, and save his mother and friends, and maybe even the Empire itself--and he is troubled by his sneaking sympathy for Atroxia, who was unjustly condemned.