Cleopatra's Carpet Trick: What Should I Do?

Zenobia, Warrior Queen of Palmyra in Syria, needs your help...

For 5 minutes, you will be someone famous from the past.

Have fun pretending that you're Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Emperor Trajan, Spartacus (a gladiator), and Hannibal (a North African general and one of Rome’s most feared enemies), at the exact moment when they're having a problem. Then make a decision for them.

The 9 books in the “What Should I Do?” series let you do just that. Each book will let you swap places with 10 fascinating people.

Cleopatra's Carpet Trick:

In Cleopatra’s Carpet Trick, you’ll change places with famous and interesting people who lived in the time of ancient Rome. For five minutes, you’ll be Zenobia, Warrior Queen of Palmyra in Syria. The Romans are trying to take over your kingdom. Will you fight them, or will you surrender? Now you’re Publius, a 17-year-old Roman boy. Mount Vesuvius has just erupted. Will you stay calm, or will you freak out? Read Cleopatra’s Carpet Trick to find out what really happened.

For some geography fun:

Check out our “What Country Am I?” series of 3 books, which give you hints about 10 different countries and then ask you the question, “What country am I?”

“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” (Sir Richard Steele, 1672-1729)