Ancient and Medieval Teenage Diaries: Writing, Righting, and Riding for Righteousness, by Anne Hart, paperback
324 pages, published May 2004, is a trilogy of teenage diary stories set in ancient and
medieval times in places as far away as ancient Rome, medieval Kiev, the Caucasus, and the Levant.
This trilogy of ancient and medieval teenage diary stories with a time-travel theme spotlights their adventures in ancient Rome during the Republic in 150 BCE, Medieval Kiev, the Caucasus, Khazaria, and the Levant in the 9th and 10th century through the eyes of a 13-year old boy, a 16-year old girl, and their royal family in the days of the Kagan of the Khazars.
When the Kagan of the Khazars is captured and held in a Viking ship, his son must rescue him alone and help the family to walk from Khazaria to a new homeland. The boy and his father, masters of a thousand disguises must find a way to reach their destination and reunite the rest of the family. The stories take place in ancient and Medieval times when most people had no hope other than the grace of the Almighty, the coming of the Meshiach, or the arrival of the Khazars.
They got not only the medieval Khazars, but also some ancient Romans interested also in the virtues of
righteousness and responsibility. In the second story, Teenage Princess Tarbagatay rides with the young Queen of the Huns and acts as the Queen's confident and friend as she writes her Dear Diaries.
In another diary story of this trilogy, Petronius sets sail for Carthage only to find he must be back in ancient Rome to stop a slave rebellion. Browse the book free at the publisher’s Web site. The author’s Web site contains various articles and book excerpts. Interestingly, the second novel under this one book cover has a moral message that sets the teenage adventurers in time around the known world to repair the world, give charity, and heal those that need healing. They choose to find out why Rome wants war with Carthage, and why Cleopatra’s daughter was forced into a marriage with the king of Numidia.
So they check in on her to make sure she’s happy with the destiny given to her by her adopted father, Octavian, who had his wife raise her along with his own children. The two novels are about teens riding for righteousness in ancient and medieval times. This book makes an excellent junior or senior high-school reader. It’s written in first person as a diary-type novel focusing on time-travel adventure to heal the world.