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Gr 9 Up—Based on the lives of Cleopatra's children, this book is narrated by the queen's only daughter, Cleopatra Selene, whose father was Marcus Antonius and whose name means moon. Starting in Alexandria just as Octavianus is attacking the kingdom, Cleopatra Selene goes from a happy childhood at age seven to seeing her father kill himself, losing her mother, and being shipped off to Rome to live in the house of her enemy. Having been crowned queen along with her twin Alexandros, as the next king before being whisked out of Egypt, C...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Invaders arrive to take over her world. They ignore her gods, are responsible for the deaths of her parents, and haul her off to their land, an ugly world with strange customs, languages, and beliefs, where she's treated as an "evil child of a she-monster" and where a "great black-coated beast" threatens to swallow her. She has to survive the loss of just about eve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII, is taken to Rome when Egypt is invaded and her parents die. There she carv...Log In or Sign Up to Read More