After she is orphaned, seven-year-old Kizzy, who has lived as a Romany, or Gypsy, all her life, must face a small English town's intolerance and find herself a new home and family. Originally published as The Diddakoi. Simultaneous.

Gypsy Girl

Children's Books

GODDEN, Rumer

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Harpercollins

England is the last place Nona Fells wants to be. No one asked her if she wanted to leave sunny India to live in a chilly English village with her aunt's family -- and her cousin, Belinda, just hates her! But when two dainty Japanese dolls arrive at Nona's doorstep, everything begins to change. Like Nona, Miss Happiness and Miss Flower are lonely and homesick, so Nona decides to build them their own traditional Japanese house. Over time, not only does Nona create a home for the dolls, but one for herself as well.
Originally published in 1961, Rumer Godden's classic story of friendship and being part of a family is now back in print for a new generation of readers to cherish.

Miss Happiness and Miss Flower

The Villa Fiorita was on Lake Garda in northern Italy. The battle was for Fanny, the children's mother who had gone there with her lover, Rob Quillet, named as co-respondent in her recent divorce. So the children came to get their mother away from him. By the author of "Black Narcissus".

Battle of the Villa Fiorita

Literature & Fiction

HarperCollins (paper)

When five English children are forced to fend for themselves in a small French village it requires all their combined courage and strength to manage

The Greengage Summer

Vividly portrays the varied population of Catford Street, a London slum, and the effect of Lovejoy's garden upon them

Episode of Sparrows

Harpercollins Childrens Books

"There's a girt 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.
Thirty years after its original publication, Rumer Godden's beloved story of one girl's courage, and how an entire community learns to celebrate differences is now back in print for a new generation of readers to enjoy.

Classics

England is the last place Nona Fells wants to be. No one asked her if she wanted to leave sunny India to live in a chilly English village with her aunt's family -- and her cousin, Belinda, just hates her! But when two dainty Japanese dolls arrive at Nona's doorstep, everything begins to change. Like Nona, Miss Happiness and Miss Flower are lonely and homesick, so Nona decides to build them their own traditional Japanese house. Over time, not only does Nona create a home for the dolls, but one for herself as well.Originally published in 1961, Rumer Godden's classic story of friendship and being part of a family is now back in print for a new generation of readers to cherish.

Trophy Pr

In Bengal, India, Premlata's family is too poor to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights, until fate and an elephant step in. By the author of The Diddakoi. Reprint.

Premlata and the Festival of Lights

Animals

While the Grey family is visiting the battlefields of France, their mother becomes seriously ill. Their father is far away, busy with his work as an explorer. So thirteen year-old Cecil is left virtually alone with her brothers and sisters in a French chateau-hotel, owned by Mademoiselle Zizi. While Cecil watches from the sidelines, her beautiful older sister Joss falls in love with Eliot, the charming English gentleman who appoints himself the family's guardian. And while the greengages grow ripe and sweet in the sun, the sense of danger and mystery increases.

Penguin

A little girl's ambition to construct a dollhouse for two Japanese dolls results in a new friendship and closer family ties. Includes plans for the doll house.

Puffin

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Gypsy Girl

Miss Happiness and Miss Flower

Battle of the Villa Fiorita

The Greengage Summer

Episode of Sparrows

Gypsy Girl

Miss Happiness and Miss Flower

Premlata and the Festival of Lights

The Greengage Summer

Miss Happiness and Miss Flower