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2) Burn
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
"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 she was sure were dead have reappeared in her life, as has someone who...
Author
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.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
©1995
Language
English
Description
After the revolutions of 1989, the author lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romainia, and Albania -- listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become something more than despised outsiders. In this book, alongside unforgettable portraits of individuals -- the poet, the politician, the child prostitute- - are vivid insights into the wit, language, wisdom,...
Author
Series
Kronos chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
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.
7) Gypsy Rizka
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c1999
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.
8) The Gypsies
Author
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Discusses the historical origins, beliefs, arts, family life, cultural clashes with white Europeans, and future hopes of the nomadic Rom, or Roma, people who were once called Gypsies.
10) I loved a rogue
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the third of Katharine Ashe's Prince Catchers series, the eldest of three very different sisters must fulfill a prophecy to discover their birthright. But if Eleanor is destined to marry a prince, why can't she resist the scoundrel who seduced her?
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
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.
12) The journey home
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Determined to rescue the old gardener that she believes is her only link to finding her family, Heart braves the dangers of Lord Dunraven's castle to rescue the man when he is taken prisoner.
13) Castle Avamir
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Heart must figure out a riddle in order to locate Castle Avamir, a possible safe haven for her unicorns, as the Gypsies leave Lord Levin's mountains for Lord Kaybale's lands.
14) True Heart
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Hidden behind his new armor, Moonsilver's identity as a unicorn is safe, enabling Heart to travel into Bidenfast to find her long-lost friends, but they must first get past the crowd gathered in honor of the new Lord Irmaedith.
15) The sunset gates
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Heart continues to try to find her real family while protecting her unicorn friends from Lord Dunraven.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
While on the run from Lord Dunraven, Moonsilver and Heart join a troupe of minstrels where the unicorn is seen as an act, but when the truth is revealed Heart and Moonsilver must move on to find another place where they can be safe.
17) Django
Author
Publisher
Flash Point
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and career of Django Reinhardt, who overcame a childhood in poverty and debilitating injuries to become a famed jazz guitarist.
Author
Series
Kronos chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Petra, her tin spider Astrophil, and their Roma friends Neel and Tomik are surprised by revelations about Dee, Kit, and Petra's father as they face Prince Rodolfo of Bohemia, who will do anything to possess a powerful object, the Celestial Globe.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Depression-era Mississippi, Millie Reynolds longs to escape the madness that marks her world. With an abusive father and a "nothing mama," she struggles to find a place where she really belongs. For answers, Millie turns to the Gypsies who caravan through town each spring. The travelers lead Millie to a key that unlocks generations of shocking family secrets. When tragedy strikes, the mysterious contents of the box give Millie the tools she needs...