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The Year the Gypsies Came

by Linzi Glass
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Set in apartheid South Africa, this powerful and lyrically written novel is Linzi Glass's debut.
As twelve-year-old Emily Iris explains it, her mother and father have always been eager to take in travelers and vagabonds, relying on the presence of outsiders to ease the tension between them. Emily has her gentle older sister, Sarah, and Buza, the old Zulu nightwatchman, for company and comfort. But her parents' continuing discontent leads them to welcome some peculiar strangers.
One spring, a family of wanderers-a wildlife photographer, his wife, and two boys-comes to stay, and their strange, compelling, and dangerous presence will leave the Iris family infinitely changed.

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Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Kindle Book

  • Release date: June 16, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781627796866
  • File size: 277 KB
  • Release date: June 16, 2015

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781627796866
  • File size: 277 KB
  • Release date: June 16, 2015

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:860
Text Difficulty:4-5

Set in apartheid South Africa, this powerful and lyrically written novel is Linzi Glass's debut.
As twelve-year-old Emily Iris explains it, her mother and father have always been eager to take in travelers and vagabonds, relying on the presence of outsiders to ease the tension between them. Emily has her gentle older sister, Sarah, and Buza, the old Zulu nightwatchman, for company and comfort. But her parents' continuing discontent leads them to welcome some peculiar strangers.
One spring, a family of wanderers-a wildlife photographer, his wife, and two boys-comes to stay, and their strange, compelling, and dangerous presence will leave the Iris family infinitely changed.

Expand title description text
Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Literature