Birth of a warrior

By Michael Ford

Subjects: Children's historical fiction, Amulets, Slavery, Historical fiction, Sparta (Extinct city) Juvenile fiction, Social classes, Fiction, Orphans, Juvenile fiction, History, Survival skills Juvenile fiction, Soldiers, Slaves Greece Sparta (Extinct city) Juvenile fiction

Description: When Persians invade Sparta while thirteen-year-old Lysander is training to be a soldier, he finds his loyalties are divided between Spartan honor and the Helot slaves with whom he lived most of his life.