The Governor’s hostility to Kenofer’s family stands in the way of his pursuing his craft, but a devastating earthquake rescues him from imprisonment, and in the chaos that follows he flees the island along with other refugees for “The Great Island” (Crete). The central character is a young poet-singer named Kenofer, who lives with his family on the island they call Kallisté (Thera, modern Santorini). Song of Thunder tells the story of the eruption of Thera around 1600 BCE, and imagines its effect on those who survive and on the world they live in. A serious story of an important time in history.Mary Ray is best known as the author of the Roman Empire Sequence ( A Tent for the Sun, The Ides of April, Sword Sleep, Beyond the Desert Gate, and Rain From the West), but she wrote several remarkable novels set in other periods, including four about the Aegean world of the bronze age. From him the boy learns the art of the scribe, and together they try to find their identity-one from the past, the other for the future.
Philo, the youngest, is befriended by Xenos, the man saved from the desert, who has lost his memory. When Apollodorus is killed by robbers, his three sons are left almost penniless and must each find a way for themselves. Apollodorus, a merchant of Philadelphia, takes a risk and rescues a man whom a Roman patrol has left to die in the desert. The ten Greek cities of Palestine-the Decapolis-want only to continue their peaceful trading existence, but they find themselves caught in the middle of the uprisings. Palestine, first century A.D.-the Jews have revolted against Roman occupation.
Around The World With Picture Books Part 1 (Primary).
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