Books like Pankration by Dyan Blacklock

A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’ allegorical novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, whose miserly ways are transformed through visits from Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

Seventeen‑year‑old Finn, a prisoner with no memory of the outside world, discovers a crystal key that lets him speak to Claudia, the warden’s daughter, and together they plan a daring escape from the sprawling prison of Incarceron.

An adventurous tale of Kaya, a young Nez Perce girl, as she tries to escape from her captors who have kidnapped her and her sister.

When Grandpa Jack’s memories of World War II suddenly return, he believes he was a Spitfire pilot and plans a daring escape from a sinister nursing home, with his grandson Jack as his determined ally.

Fourteen‑year‑old Alex is wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to the Furnace Penitentiary, where sadistic guards and brutal inmates rule. A fight for freedom hangs in the balance as some prisoners return changed, hinting that escape might be possible.

A twelve-year-old boy on the run from assassins discovers magic, allies, and a dragon's true nature.

The Gaskitt family faces a frantic week when pets go missing, a quirky substitute teacher arrives, and an unexpected new member joins their home.

Twelve‑year‑old Farah and her friends are trapped inside a giant board game, The Gauntlet of Blood and Sand. They must outwit its ruthless creator to rescue themselves, her brother Ahmed, and others locked in the perilous puzzle.

A group of young friends follows a mysterious map to escape a town trapped by a deadly Quag, facing bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic along the way.

Aya, a teenage girl wrenched from her home and forced toward auction, counts on a faithful wolf companion and a mysterious mute boy to navigate a world of slavery and escape.

After an eclipse plunges the kingdom of Relhok into darkness and a tyrant seizes power, the hidden princess Luna battles survival and truth while a mysterious archer offers hope amid treacherous escape.

Fifteen‑year‑old Will Drake, a seasoned prison‑breaker, is thrust into the Arctic‑sheltered Rig—a maximum‑security juvenile prison—and sees it as his greatest escape challenge yet.

The action-packed new novel featuring Roman army officers Macro and Cato from Sunday Times bestselling author Simon ScarrowWhile centurions Macro and Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians, their transport ship is almost capsized by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete where they are stunned to find a devastated town. An earthquake has struck the island, destroying its cities and killing thousands. In the chaotic aftermath, large bands of the island's slaves begin to revolt and local bandits, taking advantage of the slave rebellion, urge the Cretans to overthrow the Roman administration. With many of the island's troops either killed or wounded during the earthquake, the governor of the province calls on Macro and Cato for help. Can they move swiftly enough to counter the rebellion before it sweeps the Romans from the island?