British Museum: Going for Gold (an Ancient Greek Puzzle Mystery)
Learn how to read and write ancient Greek in this gripping puzzle mystery story about the ancient Olympics, written by Blue Peter Award-winning author Andy Seed!
When ancient Greek friends Phoebe and Leon discover that a pentathlon athlete is cheating in the Olympic Games, they decide that they must stop him before it's too late. But there are a lot of puzzles to solve along the way, from a mysterious message discovered in the temple to a suspicious conversation at the stadion. Will Phoebe and Leon be able to stop the villain before the winner is crowned? It's a race to the finish line!
With beautifully detailed artwork by James Weston Lewis, fascinating facts about ancient Greece and a fold-out guide at the back of the book which explains how to read and write ancient Greek and contains an easy-to-use Greek dictionary, this is the perfect book for children who love history and hair-raising adventures.
Featuring:
-Ancient Greek messages to decode
- Maze
- Logic puzzles
- A page of solutions
- Fold-out dictionary and code-cracking guide
Other titles in the series include: British Museum The Curse of the Tomb Robbers, an Ancient Egyptian Puzzle Mystery (winner of the 2022 Creative Play Book Award) and British Museum The Plot Against the Emperor, an Ancient Roman Puzzle Mystery.
Andy writes all about the most amazing, unusual, funny and fascinating things in the world and beyond. He likes a good joke and also making giant things out of cardboard, although most of the time he is visiting schools and getting children excited about books. He lives in a forest in Gloucestershire where he enjoys cheese, cats and table tennis.
James Weston Lewis (Illustrator)
Born in Bath, James moved to Oxfordshire when he was 5 where he grew up in a small village. He did an Art Foundation degree at Oxford Brookes University and then moved to Bristol to study Illustration at the University of the West of England, where he specialised in Print. James now lives in Lewisham in South London. His first book, The Great Fire of London, was longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.