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The Diddakoi

"There's a girl who's a gypsy. She has rings in her ears and she sometimes comes to school in a little wagon."Kizzy Lovell is a gypsy girl. She has her gran and her horse, Joe, and she doesn't need anything else. Then Gran dies, her wagon burns, and Kizzy is left all alone - in a community that hates her.

Themes
childhood
Setting
England
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 149 pages

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