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See You Later, Gladiator #9 (Time Warp Trio)
by Jon Scieszka (Illustrator: Adam McCauley)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Viking Juvenile (2000-10-23)
ISBN: 0670893404
EAN: 9780670893409
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 96 pages
Edition: F
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
SKU: 00034
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Almost like new, minor wrinkle on back edge of dust jacket, few scuffs.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Joe, Sam, and Fred discover that "When in Rome, you might not really want to do as the Romans do." Hard knock gladiator school, cheating chariot racers, and a poison-packing emperor are just the beginning of the guys' Roman education. Their only hope to escape the bloodthirsty crowd in the Coliseum is to find a certain librarium . . . or was that the vomitorium? And you thought adding XVII and XXIX was tough!
"Told at a quicksilver pace, the stories are furious and funny . . . these volumes will be requested time after time." --Booklist
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Amazon.com Review
"Gratias tibi ago quia me gladio tuo non fodisti." That's "thank you for not poking me with your sword," a useful phrase for the hapless time-traveling trio, Sam, Fred, and Joe, when they find themselves flunking out of gladiator school in ancient Rome. While wrestling in Joe's bedroom after school one day, the three accidentally bump into a bookshelf, on top of which is The Book, a magical blue tome with strange silver symbols. As the boys know only too well from previous time wanderings (Summer Reading Is Killing Me, Tut Tut, Knights of the Kitchen Table, etc.), once that hazy green mist starts swirling around them, they're in for another adventure. And what an adventure this one is! From one of the most incredible food-fight scenes in literature, to a two-on-one (two giant hairy gladiators against one puny time warper) test of strength, to a romp through the forbidden Temple of Vesta, our three bumbling heroes--and chortling young readers--get a taste of ancient Rome. Perfectly juvenile humor, suspense, and some quick thinking by the boys makes every title in the Time Warp Trio series a thoroughly satisfying read. (Ages 7 to 11) --Emilie Coulter
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Customer Reviews
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Great beginning chapter book series.
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-08-27
I am a teacher for both the fourth and fifth grade. Many of my fourth grade students are just getting into chapter books. I have found this to be a great beginner chapter book for those students. The series is similar to the Magic Treehouse books, but the main characters are boys. After my students read these, they often move on to the Goosebumps series.
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See You Later, Gladiator is AWESOME!!!
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-08-23
"See You Later, Gladiator is awesome"! The Time Warp Trio was transported into Rome by Joe's magic book. "And before any of us even had a chance to say "Oh no," or "Here we go again," the mist had covered us up to the top of Fred's World Wrestling hat, and body slammed us back in time to ancient Ome-ray." "The book is adventurous. The Trio face many challenges in the story. They had to face Horridus in the colosseum. "That's where we were - standing in the bloody sand of the Colosseum, blinking in the rays of the late afternoon sun, listening to fifty thousand people howling at us." I would recommend this book to a friend because it is exciting when the Time Warp Trio helps people out and fight evil gladiators.
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See You Later Gladiator
Rating  (2)
Date: 2004-03-24
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I gave my book a 2 out of 5 because the ending was too easy and the book was confusing. Then when they had time to go find the book they were looking for they were doing a burping contest.
The book is about these three kids and they're around a gladiator that wants to kill them and try to talk him out of it but it doesn't work. I would recommend this book to people who like fighting.
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See You Later Gladiator
Rating (2)
Date: 2004-03-24
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Michael P. wrote:I gave the book 2 stars because I did not like it because it was weird. There was a burping scene and that is why is was weird. It is about 3 boys who are looking for a book to get back home. But first they had to get out of the net that the gladiator threw at them. I would recommend this book to people who like fighting and burping.
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See You Later Gladiator
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-03-24
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Anthony C. wrote the following:I gave the book 5 stars. I think the book is good. I think I like it when they fight the gladiator. I also like when they go in the colusseum by the king. It is about when three boys get time traveled to the gladiator time. The gladiators go after the three boys because they want to capture them and kill them. I recommend this book to everyone who likes silly books.
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