M.G. Leonard - The Impossible Gladiator (KS2 School visits)
This will be an interactive, time-travelling blockbuster of an event.
The children will travel through time with bestselling and award-winning author M. G. Leonard’s Time Keys series. Journey with her back to Ancient Rome and enjoy the epic theatrics of the Colosseum which inspired The Impossible Gladiator. Take a trip to Tutankhamun’s tomb and discover a secret time door to Ancient Egypt and sail to an ancient stave church in Norway with a portal to Viking times. This event is perfect for adventure enthusiasts and time travellers who enjoy mysteries from history.
Date - Monday 9th February
Available time from... 9am, 11am & 2pm (times approximate)
KS2 Children - School years 3, 4, 5 & 6
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THE IMPOSSIBLE GLADIATOR by MG Leonard
The action adventure of Gladiator meets the time travel of Doctor Who in the third title of this epic series by bestselling award-winner M. G. Leonard. Perfect for 8 to 12-year-old fans of Adventures on Trains. Supports the key stage 2 curriculum. Illustrated throughout in black and white by Manuel Šumberac.
Sim, Jeopardy and Nelson are enjoying an amazing holiday in Rome, until they they are swept up in the mysterious disappearance of world-famous illusionist Kinetic. He vanished during a live broadcast from the Colosseum, but he never reappeared. When Kinetic’s sister finds a strange description in a history book of a gladiator who sounds uncannily like her brother, the friends are determined to help.
They travel through secret time doors to the spectacular ― and deadly ― Colosseum in Ancient Rome, but can the brave trio survive long enough to find Kinetic and bring him home?
The Impossible Gladiator can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the thrilling Time Keys series written by M. G. Leonard. Follow Sim, Jeopardy and Nelson's adventures in Ancient Egypt, Hunt for the Golden Scarab, and Viking Norway in The Legend of Viking Thunder.
M. G. Leonard is an award-winning, bestselling writer of children’s books, as well as a member of Authors4Oceans. Her books are sold in 40 countries, and there is currently a TV series in development based on her Beetle Boy series. Her first picture book, The Tale of a Toothbrush, is out now. She is also co-author of the critically acclaimed Adventures on Trains series for which she won a Nibbie! Before becoming a writer, M. G. Leonard worked as a digital media producer for the National Theatre, The Royal Opera House and Shakespeare’s Globe. She lives in Brighton with her husband, two sons and pet beetles.