Description
| Product ID: | 9780230769892 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Diddakoi |
| Authors: | Author: Rumer Godden |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 7 years |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A timeless children's classic about a Romani girl growing up in a hostile, close-knit village community. <p>Rumer Godden's <i>The Diddakoi</i> won the 1972 <b>Whitbread Children's Book Award</b>. <br><br>Everyone in Kizzy's town hates her because she's half-gypsy – a diddakoi. But Kizzy doesn't care. All she needs is Gran and her horse, Joe. But when Gran dies and their wagon burns down, Kizzy is all alone. No one wants to look after her and her beloved Joe might get sent to the knacker's yard. Can Kizzy survive in a hostile world – and save Joe?</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Macmillan Children's Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-10-10 |
