Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Cabinet of Wonders The Cabinet of Wonders Marie Rutkoski 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 … OL11910082W
A coming evil A coming evil Vivian Vande Velde During the German occupation of France in 1940, thirteen-year-old Lisette meets a ghost while living with her aunt who harbors Jewish and Gypsy children in the French countryside. OL14849910W
The gypsy game The gypsy game Zilpha Keatley Snyder Six imaginative schoolmates embark on a game in which they pretend to be gypsies, but when one of the boys runs away and takes up with a group of homeless people, the game threatens to become all too… OL15104811W
The Midnight Zoo The Midnight Zoo Sonya Hartnett Twelve-year-old Andrej, nine-year-old Tomas, and their baby sister Wilma flee their Romany encampment when it is attacked by Germans during World War II, and in an abandoned town they find a zoo wher… OL15990953W
The Jewel of the Kalderash The Jewel of the Kalderash Marie Rutkoski Fourteen-year-old Petra, her tin spider Astrophil, and their friends become entangled in the competition for the Roma crown, then set out for Prague in hopes of finally finding a cure for Petra's fat… OL16460763W
Gypsy Davey Gypsy Davey Chris Lynch Twelve-year-old Davey is the man of the household, taking care of his mother and older sister as best he can and avoiding them when they're either too mean or too sad. OL1921227W
The gypsy princess The gypsy princess Phoebe Gilman A gypsy girl who gets the opportunity to live in a palace as a princess finds she prefers her gypsy life after all. OL1943873W
The Family Under the Bridge The Family Under the Bridge Garth Williams,NATALIE SAVAGE CARLSON,Natalie Savage Carlson This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his solitary life. Children, he said, were like starlings, and one was better off without them. But … OL4633499W
The musician's daughter The musician's daughter Susanne Emily Dunlap In eighteenth century Vienna, Austria, fifteen-year-old Theresa seeks a way to help her mother and brother financially while investigating the murder of her father, a renowned violinist of Haydn's or… OL5738123W
The road of the dead The road of the dead Kevin Brooks Two brothers, sons of an incarcerated gypsy, leave London traveling to an isolated and desolate village, in search of the brutal killer of their sister. OL5824030W