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Just the Series: Mark of the Thief Vol. 3

Annotation: 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.

Genre: [Historical fiction] [Adventure fiction] [Fantasy fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #158621

Format: Perma-Bound Edition

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Scholastic Book Service

Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 01/30/18

Pages: 342 pages

ISBN: Publisher: 0-545-56208-2 Perma-Bound: 0-7804-0845-4

ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-545-56208-9 Perma-Bound: 978-0-7804-0845-6

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2016024019

Dimensions: 20 cm.

Subject Heading:
Magic. Juvenile fiction.
Amulets. Juvenile fiction.
Slaves. Rome. Juvenile fiction.
Dragons. Juvenile fiction.
Magic. Fiction.
Amulets. Fiction.
Slavery. Fiction.
Dragons. Fiction.
Rome. Antiquities. Juvenile fiction.
Rome. History. Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Juvenile fiction.
Rome. History. Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 81,007

Reading Level: 5.4

Interest Level: 5-9

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.4 / points: 12.0 / quiz: 187562 / grade: Middle Grades

Reading Counts!: reading level:4.6 / points:20.0 / quiz:Q70362

Lexile: 750L

Guided Reading Level: U

I was still trapped, and I doubted the bulla could get thousands of pounds of rock and brick off me. But I knew something that could do it.

Magic can always sense other magic in the area, and I used that power to search for the Malice nearby.

The bulla had originally been given to Julius Caesar, filled with Venus's powers. Upon his death, Venus's power left the bulla, and Diana replaced the magic with her own, hoping it would be used in her war against the gods. The fact that I had the bulla and was using it to stop that war probably infuriated her.

As a rule, having a god furious with you is not a good thing. How well I understood that.

Nor did it help that I had the Malice . . . more or less. The Malice came from the god Mars with the power to end that war. To end any war, really. Use of the Malice guaranteed its bearer victory in battle.

If Diana resented my having the bulla, I could only imagine how she felt about the Malice. But she had no claim upon that amulet. I did. The key to finding it had been given to me. She'd have to destroy me to get it back.

What a pleasant way to begin a day - with the reminder that one of the gods had specifically targeted me for destruction.

Excerpted from Wrath of the Storm (Mark of the Thief #3) by Jennifer A. Nielsen
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NYT and USA Today bestselling author Jennifer A. Nielsen delivers the action-packed conclusion to her magical Mark of the Thief trilogy!

Trouble has a way of seeking out Nicolas Calva, and it's not likely to leave him alone any time soon. With Caesar's magic bulla, the Malice of Mars, and the possibility of a Jupiter Stone in play, all the powers of Rome are circling Nic. He'll have to maneuver his way through scheming government officials and reawakened magical beasts to save the Empire. Can he manage to keep his friends and family safe, claim his own freedom once and for all, and rescue the Empire -- before the magic gets the better of him?With twists and turns on every page, critically acclaimed author Jennifer Nielsen weaves an epic, action-packed conclusion to her extraordinary Mark of the Thief trilogy.

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