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1) Burn
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
The past Janeal thought had burned away is rising from the ashes. Years ago, the Gypsy Kumpania where Janeal Mikkado lived was attacked by outsiders. With her best friend about to be consumed by a fire, Janeal had two options: try to save her friend--at serious risk to her own life--or disappear with the million dollars that she had just discovered . . . But the past is quickly coming back to haunt her. Both the best friend and the boyfriend that...
Author
Language
English
Description
Isabel Fonseca describes the four years she spent with Gypsies from Albania to Poland, listening to their stories, deciphering their taboos, and befriending their matriarchs, activists, and child prostitutes. A masterful work of personal reportage, this volume is also a vibrant portrait of a mysterious people and an essential document of a disappearing culture. 50 photos.
5) Gypsy Rizka
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Living alone in her wagon on the outskirts of a small town while waiting for her father's return, Rizka, a Gypsy and a trickster, exposes the ridiculous foibles of some of the townspeople.
6) Gypsies
Author
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Details the origin, history, occupations, language, special names, clothing and other customs of gypsies, as well as their persecution, current status, and struggle to preserve their culture and identity.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the Hill of Dust, in the remote mountains of Mexico, an eleven-year-old Mixtec boy called Teo lives with his family and the animals that he has healed, but one day a Romany caravan rolls into town with a young girl who calls herself Esma, the Gypsy Queen of Lightning--it is the beginning of a life-long friendship that will change both their lives.
8) Thinner
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
When an obese small-town lawyer hits and kills a gypsy's daughter, the man curses him with one word: Thinner.
Author
Series
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
Romany Jake aroused passionate feelings in young Jessica Frenshaw but then came the murder, the scandal, the trial and, ultimately, Jake's exile. After Napoleon fell and England was safe again Jake returned and Jessica would finally discover who he really was and that he had come to claim what was rightfully his.
Author
Series
Hathaways volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Kev Merripen has secretly longed for the beautiful, well-bred Winnifred Hathaway ever since her family rescued him from the brink of death. Now a charming, ruthless suitor has his sights set on Win, and Kev must confront a grave secret about his past--or lose the only woman he's ever lived for.
Author
Series
Kronos chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Petra, accompanied by her magical tin spider, goes to Prague hoping to retrieve the enchanted eyes the Prince of Bohemia took from her father, and is aided in her quest by a Roma boy and his sister.
Series
Publisher
Shanachie Records
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Part one of this two part program presents a search for the "lost" gypsy tribes of Egypt. Travel up the Nile to the ancient town of Luxor in the shadow of the great pharoahs' tombs. Along the way, from the markets of ancient Cairo to the realm of Karnak, you meet gypsy dancing girls, acrobats, magicians, fortune-tellers, musicians and even mystics conducting an exorcism.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Auschwitz Lullaby brings to life the story of Helene Hannemann-a woman who sacrificed everything for family and fought furiously for the children she hoped to save. On an otherwise ordinary morning in 1943, Helene Hannemann is preparing her five children for the day when the German police arrive at her home. Helenes worst fears come true when the police, under strict orders from the SS, demand that her children and husband, all of Romani heritage,...
16) The Egypt Game
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A group of children, entranced with the study of Egypt, play their own Egypt game, are visited by a secret oracle, become involved in a murder, and befriend the Professor before they move on to new interests, such as Gypsies.
17) Mr. Ape
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
A wealthy old man living alone in his enormous home meets a Gypsy father and son, adopts many animals, and finally learns the true meaning of family.
Author
Publisher
Childs Play Intl Ltd
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When a Traveller family experiences a run of bad luck, an imaginative boy called Yokki lifts their spirits with tales of a magical white horse. A traditional Traveller-family folk tale which inspires hope and celebrates creativity. Told by a Romani storyteller together with a picture book author to positively reflect Travelling cultures.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Hovering between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed, half-Romany private investigator Ray Lovell evaluates a case involving the missing wife of a charismatic traveling Gypsy whose hostile family is hiding a tragic secret.