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Gypsy Boy On The Run
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The incredible sequel to Gypsy Boy GYPSY BOY: ON THE RUN picks up from where Gypsy Boy left off & tells the gripping page-turning story of Mikey's battle to escape the Romany gypsy camp he grew up on. After centuries of persecution Gypsies are wary of outsiders & if you choose to leave you can never come back. Torn between his family & his heart Mikey struggles to come to terms with his ancient inheritance & dreams of finding a place where he can really belong. He eventually finds the courage to run away from the camp & from all he knows & quickly discovers life on the outside world isn't all he expected. After learning his father had put a contract out on his life & that he was now being hunted down by gangs of gypsy thugs determined to claim their reward Mikey realises that his life will never be the same again. ON THE RUN is a coming-of-age story that sees Mikey come to terms with his sexuality & his past & start to build a new life for himself & find a place to finally call home. ...
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Gypsy Girl
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When Polly Annas mother died when she was just three years old it seemed the workhouse was the only place for her to go. But with the help of Jonty
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Gypsy Princess
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A true blooded Gypsy violet Cannon grew up the Romany way. Life was tough at times living in a cramped one-roomed trailer but unbound by strict routines violet spent her days learning to keep home playing & roaming the fields with a sense of freedom long lost to the rest of modern society. Immersed in the Gypsy way of life her childhood set her apart from other children. Bullied by classmates & segregated from gorgia kids (all non-Gypsies) violet eventually left school at the age of nine to live a life of travel play & learning under generations-old Gypsy rules on the fringes of society. With traditional values at the heart of her childhood the pressure of conforming & marrying young was intense. Gypsy Princess is a searingly honest account of what life is really like for travelling communities for girls in particular & captures a way of life that is slowly fading away. ...
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I Can Learn: Get Ready
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This title is book 6 in the international bestselling series Geronimo Stilton" series for 5+. Holey cheese it was strange! Rodents kept telling me I'd done things I had no memory of. Was I going crazy? Had the cheese finally slipped off my cracker? No I soon discovered the truth: there was a Geronimo lookalike going around pretending to be me! Worst of all he was trying to take over The Rodent's Gazette! I had to get that greedy impostor's paws off my newspaper
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Daily Mail: Giant
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Gypsy Wedding Dreams

Thelma Madine star of Channel 4s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and fairy godmother of extravagant wedding dresses reveals the drama secrets and surprises involved in ten incredible traveller weddings. Through the tales of ten elaborate gypsy wedding dresses Thelma Madine trusted confidante and dressmaker extraordinaire offers a window onto the world of traveller brides and their unbelievable celebrations. For Thelmas young brides a wedding dress is more than just a pretty white gown. For some it is a symbol of their fairytale-like hopes and dreams for the future for others a mark of a long-standing friendship with a non-traveller they have welcomed into their community and for one small group it is a sad reminder of day they know will never come. With each chapter based around the secrets and
incredible truths hidden behind each different dress Thelmas second book is packed full of fascinating new stories. More drama more dresses more gypsies. By turns laugh-out-loud funny and achingly sad and brimming with hilarious anecdotes and larger-than-life characters Thelmas book will amaze amuse and entertain. Beautifully designed and fully-illustrated throughout it is crammed with glossy new photos revealing never-before-seen dresses adorned with thousands of Swarovski crystals and hundreds of LED lights - an ideal gift for fans of Channel 4s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings My Big Fat Gypsy Valentine and Thelmas Gypsy Girls.
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    Thelma Madine star of Channel 4s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings & fairy godmother of extravagant wedding dresses reveals the drama secrets & surprises involved in ten incredible traveller weddings. Through the tales of ten elaborate gypsy wedding dresses Thelma Madine trusted confidante & dressmaker extraordinaire offers a window onto the world of traveller brides & their unbelievable celebrations. For Thelmas young brides a wedding dress is more than just a pretty white gown. For some it is a symbol of their fairytale-like hopes & dreams for the future for others a mark of a long-standing friendship with a non-traveller they have welcomed into their community & for one small group it is a sad reminder of day they know will never come. With each chapter based around the secrets & incredible truths hidden behind each different dress Thelmas second book is packed full of fascinating new stories. More drama more dresses more gypsies. By turns laugh-out-loud funny & achingly sad & brimming with hilarious anecdotes & larger-than-life characters Thelmas book will amaze amuse & entertain. Beautifully designed & fully-illustrated throughout it is crammed with glossy new photos revealing never-before-seen dresses adorned with thousands of Swarovski crystals & hundreds of LED lights
    - an ideal gift for fans of Channel 4s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings My Big Fat Gypsy Valentine & Thelmas Gypsy Girls.

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