The Gypsy Game/The Trumpeter of Krakow by Zilpha Keatley Snyder/Eric P. Kelly

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.

In The Trumpeter of Krakow, Joseph and his family are forced to flee from their native Ukraine to the Polish city of Krakow in the thirteenth century. Joseph discovers that his father has a secret passed down to him from previous generations. This secret places the family in danger. Joseph, through courage and determination, saves his father from being killed for the secret.

About the Series:

Novel/Drama curriculum units contain complete lesson plans with preliminary and follow-up work, teacher notes with plot summary, background, and rationale, ready-to-use worksheets, and suggested answers for student questions. These study guides encourage the development of thinking, reading, speaking, research, and writing skills as well as critical thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.