Suddenly Silvia finds herself half-schoolgirl, half-goddess with the fate of her entire family resting upon her. And wait until you meet the rest of her her uncle’s raising an army, her mum’s a warrior goddess and her dad . Marie Basting has pulled off a comic but poignant read with a great structure and laugh out loud lines - one of my faves: families that slay together, stay together!

Silvia Fortuna Juno De Luca (Livi) has a name to amaze but that’s only half her story as she’s about to find out. I raced through this like a runaway chariot - huge fun, loads of larping laughs and riotous Roman mayhem. A laugh-out-loud funny family caper full of excitement and heart: perfect for fans of Loki, Horrible Histories and Who Let the Gods Out? Whilst re-enacting a Roman battle at Hadrian’s Wall Silvia’s dad slips through a portal, dragging the whole family back to ancient Rome.

On top of meeting mythical monster and gods, she finds more than she bargained for - family she didn’t even know she had. There was such attention to detail throughout, showing just how much time and effort the author put into creating this book.

If your child is at one of the schools, please DO NOT select any postage as the books are delivered to the schools on the day. Silvia's Dad loves re-enacting Roman battles on Hadrian’s Wall – unfortunately, he’s stumbled through a one-way portal back to ancient Rome and dragged the whole family along for the ride.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. A laugh-out-loud funny family caper full of excitemnt and heart: perfect for fans of Who Let the Gods Out ! The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. When her dad disappears just before the opening of his biggest LARP project so far, Livi finds herself looking for him in circumstances that almost defy belief.

She learns to be brave and follow her instincts to make the right decisions that will save the world- past and present. This children’s book is ideal for: imagining Roman History through a modern child’s eyes and appreciating people’s innate talents. Silvia’s dad loves re-enacting Roman battles on Hadrian’s Wall – unfortunately, he’s stumbled through a one-way portal back to ancient Rome and dragged the whole family along for the ride. Livi's adventures straddle the modern world of cosplay and Ancient Rome - fans of Horrible Histories will LARP this up (see what I did there? My Family and Other Romans by Marie Basting you might also like: our reviews of Circus Maximus: Rider of the Storm by Annelise Gray, Vita and the Gladiator by Ally Sherrick, Adventures in Time: Alexander the Great By Dominic Sandbrook, Our Beautiful Game by Lou Kuenzler, Time School: We Will Honour Them by Nikki Young and Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin.But then something magical happened and Marie finally came to realise that girls like her can do anything they want. Silvia loves her dad and joins in with all his role-play adventures with great enthusiasm, enjoying his company and expertise as she does so.