Reviews

Danger in Ancient Rome by Kelley McMorris, Kate Messner

readingthroughtheages's review against another edition

4.0

Ranger is back and this time he is called to ancient Rome.
This second book in the series is exciting and full of adventure - one that will keep students turning the page.

heisereads's review against another edition

4.0

This is a fun transitional chapter book series! Love the various historical settings, the heart and empathy, and especially the sweet Golden Retriever.

yapha's review

4.0

Another fun entry into the Ranger in Time series! In this adventure, the time traveling golden retriever finds himself in Ancient Rome where a couple of boys training to be gladiators need his help. There is quite of bit of danger and violence to keep readers' attention, and they will find themselves learning a great deal about Ancient Rome in general and the life of a gladiator in particular. Highly recommended for grades 2-4.

panda_incognito's review against another edition

3.0

This one got tied up way too easily, especially considering the sanitized horrors of the setting. I wouldn't particularly recommend this one, but it's educational for kids and has great information at the end about the author's historical research.

jbrooxd's review against another edition

4.0

Great addition to this fun series that I think is like Magic Tree House with a dog (I like these better than MTH, personally).

bookdragon_library's review against another edition

4.0

This is a good solid series with wide appeal to kids who like the time travel element of Magic Tree House and kids to like books with animals. Loveable and helpful Ranger (golden retriever) makes a great star character. There was enough backstory given to understand this book on its own but I think it would be helpful to read the first in the series just to get the full chapter of him digging up the magic first aid kit which is his time travel tool. I can predict the consistency of getting to bring one little object home from each journey to add to his collection in his dog bed and that is a nice tool to tie them together. There are occasional full page black and white sketches which help add dimension to characters and story. I appreciated that the end of the book has an afterward by the author which includes how she did research on the historical time period and where some of her ideas came from.

I recommend this series 1st grade advanced readers up to 4th grade readers. It would be a very fast read for 4th grade advanced readers. Perfect for 2nd/3rd grade or those who can read Magic Treehouse with ease.

csalek's review against another edition

3.0

SNITCHING AND CHEATING AND LOOKING UP TO DICTATORS IS NOT GLADIATOR BEHAVIOR

caleb_m's review against another edition

4.0

i liked it