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
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
The dialect of the gypsies of Wales The dialect of the gypsies of Wales Sampson, John. According to the author the book brings to a conclusion his study of the Indian language (Romani) spoken in the heart of Wales by the Gypsies (Kale). In England and Scotland the Anglo-Romani, through… OL2013823W
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 Gypsies The Gypsies Jan Yoors “Gypsies have always fascinated outsiders, but what has been written about them has usually been a mixture of romance and legend. For the Gypsies are a proud and secretive people, determined to live … OL5596656W