He looked at me in a way that I'd never been looked at before . . . with intensity.

Twelve-year-old Riley Bloom - ace Soul Catcher - faces her toughest challenge yet. She must travel to Ancient Rome and convince dead gladiator, Theocoles, to accept his fate and move on. Then she meets the charming Messalina, who gives Riley a dramatic makeover, transforming her into a beautiful teenager. Finally Riley experiences her first kiss . . . In a world this enchanting, will she ever want to leave?

This book is part of a book series called Riley Bloom .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 208 pages in this book. It is a novel. This book was published 2012 by Pan Macmillan .

Alyson Noel has written numerous teen novels - Faking 19, Art Geeks and Prom Queens, Laguna Cove, Kiss and Blog, Saving Zoe and Cruel Summer.