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Century #1: Ring of Fire

By P. D. Baccalario
Translated by Leah D. Janeczko

By P. D. Baccalario
Translated by Leah D. Janeczko

By P. D. Baccalario
Translated by Leah D. Janeczko

By P. D. Baccalario
Translated by Leah D. Janeczko

By P. D. Baccalario
Read by Carrington MacDuffie

By P. D. Baccalario
Read by Carrington MacDuffie

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Apr 27, 2010 | ISBN 9780375857959 | Middle Grade (8-12)

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Sep 08, 2009 | 498 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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    About Century #1: Ring of Fire

    Every hundred years, four kids from four cities must save the world.Rome, December 29.A mix-up with their reservations forces Harvey from New York, Mistral from Paris, and Sheng from Shanghai to share a room with the hotel owner’s daughter, Elettra. The four kids discover an amazing coincidence—they all have birthdays on February 29, Leap Day. That night, a strange man gives them a briefcase and asks them to take care of it until he returns. Soon afterward, the man is murdered.The kids open the briefcase. In it they find a series of clues that take them all over Rome, through dusty libraries and dark catacombs, in search of the elusive Ring of Fire, an ancient object so powerful that legend says even a Roman emperor couldn’t control it.In the first book of the Century quartet, Italian author P. D. Baccalario begins a mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve.

    About Century #1: Ring of Fire

    Every hundred years, four kids from four cities must save the world.Rome, December 29.A mix-up with their reservations forces Harvey from New York, Mistral from Paris, and Sheng from Shanghai to share a room with the hotel owner’s daughter, Elettra. The four kids discover an amazing coincidence—they all have birthdays on February 29, Leap Day. That night, a strange man gives them a briefcase and asks them to take care of it until he returns. Soon afterward, the man is murdered.The kids open the briefcase. In it they find a series of clues that take them all over Rome, through dusty libraries and dark catacombs, in search of the elusive Ring of Fire, an ancient object so powerful that legend says even a Roman emperor couldn’t control it.In the first book of the Century quartet, Italian author P. D. Baccalario begins a mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve.

    About Century #1: Ring of Fire

    Every hundred years, four kids from four cities must save the world.Rome, December 29.A mix-up with their reservations forces Harvey from New York, Mistral from Paris, and Sheng from Shanghai to share a room with the hotel owner’s daughter, Elettra. The four kids discover an amazing coincidence—they all have birthdays on February 29, Leap Day. That night, a strange man gives them a briefcase and asks them to take care of it until he returns. Soon afterward, the man is murdered.The kids open the briefcase. In it they find a series of clues that take them all over Rome, through dusty libraries and dark catacombs, in search of the elusive Ring of Fire, an ancient object so powerful that legend says even a Roman emperor couldn’t control it.In the first book of the Century quartet, Italian author P. D. Baccalario begins a mystery that will take four cities and four extraordinary kids to solve.

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    About P. D. Baccalario

    P. D. Baccalario was born in Acqui Terme, a beautiful little town in Piedmont, Italy. He started writing very short stories in high school during math classes. he gave his stories to his classmates and then they started sharing it with others in… More about P. D. Baccalario

    About P. D. Baccalario

    P. D. Baccalario was born in Acqui Terme, a beautiful little town in Piedmont, Italy. He started writing very short stories in high school during math classes. he gave his stories to his classmates and then they started sharing it with others in… More about P. D. Baccalario

    About P. D. Baccalario

    P. D. Baccalario was born in Acqui Terme, a beautiful little town in Piedmont, Italy. He started writing very short stories in high school during math classes. he gave his stories to his classmates and then they started sharing it with others in… More about P. D. Baccalario

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Mystery | Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Yearling
    Apr 27, 2010 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780375857959

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Mystery | Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    Sep 08, 2009 | 304 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780375892264

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Mystery | Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $19.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 08, 2009 | 498 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780307582447

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    “The plot is masterful, with cliffhangers galore . . . and an ending that both satisfies and whets the appetite for more.”—Kirkus Reviews

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