This book is about a boy named Theras. Living in ancient Greece, Theras loves his beautiful town Athens. He has a very good life, many servants, a loving family. But after a while, a war is declared and his father Pheidon, has to leave to fight. Theras works hard to try to take his fathers place until he comes home, but is not prepared for the sudden change that is soon to come into his life. One day, a cousin of Theras' father comes to their house with sad news: Pheidon has been killed in the war. Later that day, another relative who does not get along with Theras' family comes to say that he is taking Theras to Sparta, where he lives. Theras will live there until he is old enough to take care of his family. So Theras has to leave and go to Sparta, where life is much harder than life in Athens. One day, he meets a shepherd boy who's name is Abas. When something terrible happens to Abas' brother, the two boys decide to run away from Sparta forever.
I enjoyed this book quite a bit. 5 stars.
