Most people know the story of Cleopatra the Egyptian queen who committed suicide after her country was overrun by Roman forces as told in Shakespeare’s tragedy Antony and Cleopatra. But the story didn’t end there. Cleopatra and Marc Antony had three children who survived and Cleopatra’s Daughter by Michelle Moran is the story of the only daughter Cleopatra Selene and how she adapts to being taken prisoner by the Roman Ceasar Octavian and brought to Rome to a place and culture that is totally foreign to her. At first she is unsure that if she will even have a future (prisoners were often killed) but as time goes by she learns how to adapt to her new homeland and experiences things that are common to girls of every age such as friendship, development of special talents, and first love. Based on historical facts, Selene’s story is captivating and intriguing. So come experience life in ancient Rome with Selene, you will not be disappointed.