Four modern day gypsy stories
Book 1 – Tess
Tess is pony mad but her mum can’t afford riding lessons. When a group of travellers come to live in the village, Tess secretly visits their horses and as she makes friends with some of the gypsy families, she moves closer to living her dream and becoming a talented rider. But to do this she will need to break down barriers between the travellers and the village community.
ISBN 978-178127-967-0
Book 2 – Mike
Gypsy boy Mike has been in trouble with the police so he’s been sent up North to work at Uncle Lash’s scrap yard. It’s hard, dirty work and Mike hates it. Hates being looked down on, too, by rich Uncle Lash.
Lash doesn’t know about Mike’s run in with the law but someone else at the scrapyard does and is blackmailing him. Mike is trapped, not knowing which way to turn.
ISBN 978-178127-968-7
Book 3 – Lizzie
Lizzie’s time in Year 6 is coming to an end. All her ‘gorger’ (non gypsy) friends are going on to secondary school but Lizzie’s dad wants her to stay back at the Traveller site and mind the younger kids so her mum can earn money as a cleaner.
Lizzie may not be much good at reading or writing but she is a talented artist. Both her friend Tess and her art teacher are sure she could get into art college, given half a chance.
But how will she find that chance?
ISBN 978-178127-969-4
Book 4 – Ben
Ben dreams of becoming a professional footballer. He’s just finished secondary school and has a team trial lined up. But things don’t go the way he’d planned and when he meets a mysterious man called Blackwood, everything starts to change. Ben gets pulled into a criminal underworld and all his dreams are shattered.
Too late, he realizes how stupid he’s been, but he’s in too deep. Then help comes from the most unexpected quarter – from Mike, the gypsy boy he’s always despised.
ISBN 978-178127-970-0
‘The best books ever. Wish there were more.’ Rosie Black (from the Travellers’ Community)
