Detectives in Togas

Quite a good story about school-boys in Ancient Rome.

Son loves all things Roman. My husband had read this book as a child and really enjoyed it. I thought I would read it to my son, who was 8 at the time, so that I too could share his love of all things Romans. I was pleasantly surprised at how into the book both of us were. It was hard to put down as Henry Winterfeld leaves a nice cliff hanger at the end of each chapter until you finally find out who did it. It is a really well written book and the great story line nicely intertwines information about the Romans and their society. I can highly recommend this book! I am truly surprised that not more people know about it in the English speaking world.

I read this book in junior high school, and loved it then. I remembered it when Amazon offered it to me based on another purchase I made, one of those "if you bought A, you may like B" offers. So I bought it and I enjoyed it a lot now, 40+ years later. It's a wonderful book for kids, it's characters are fun, the Roman setting is interesting. I enjoyed it so much, I bought the sequel. I have really enjoyed re-discovering the books I loved when I was a teenager through Amazon. It's a wonderful service.

Great book! My 6th grader enjoyed reading it and learned so much about ancient culture and history.

This was fun and helpful for me. It did not seem to have enough historical content for me to use it as reading book for my 5th/6th grade history class. It did give a good picture of what education was like at the time as well as what life was like for the Patricians.It was a lot of fun and I enjoyed reading it. There were twists and turns, humor, and an easily understandable sequence of events. I took it to my classroom for my students to read during their silent reading time. In the future I will consider it for extra credit reading with a book report.