Ellie is furious when her twin brother Cypselis bets the school bully Big Bacchiad that he can beat him in a foot race or give her up as a slave, and tries to come up with a way to ensure her brother's victory.
Darius, an Athenian, tries to prove his worth to the cruel Spartans after a plague forces him to leave his home and take up residence with his uncle, a Spartan general.
Lydia, a slave in the household of the great thinker and inventor Archimedes, is always denounced as stupid by her master, but he is not above using her ideas to make some of his greatest creations.
Furious that her twin brother, Cypselis, promised her as a slave should he lose a footrace, Ellie must find a way for tortoise-slow Cypselis to beat his classmate to the finish line at their school in ancient Greece. Includes facts about the Olympic Games.
Fills you in on the foulest facts about the Motecuhzoma, Cuahtemoc, and other people whose idea of fun was ripping peoples hearts out. Includes information on Mayan mysteries, sacrifices, priests, warriors, and the Conquistadors.
