The Gypsy Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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Description:

Set in modern California, The Gypsy Game describes a group of young people who discover gypsy life. One member of the group faces a personal crisis. Toby, whose mother has just died a few years earlier, hears that there is a plan for him to be removed from his father’s care and be placed into the care of his maternal grandparents. He overhears his father being threatened with legal action concerning events surrounding his mother’s death. Toby disappears and then returns to help his father and fight any attempt to force him to live with his maternal grandparents.

Activities:

Students study basic information about Roma (Gypsy) life, analyze the current status of Roma people, and evaluate the historical accuracy of the novel. They also analyze plot and character development, keep a reader’s journal, and illustrate key elements of the novel. Lessons provide study guides with answer keys. A final lesson compares and contrasts The Gypsy Game with The Trumpeter of Krakow.

Supplementary materials include a short-answer and essay test with answer key.

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