Gypsy Rizka

10 best books like Gypsy Rizka (Lloyd Alexander): Dealing with Dragons, Dragonfly, The Whitefire Crossing, Scarlet, In This House of Brede, Siege and Storm: Chapters 1-5, The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp, Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children’s Fantasy: Idealization, Identity, Ideology, Changes for Samantha: A Winter Story, Mirror Image

Dealing with Dragons

Author

Patricia C. Wrede

"He doesn't seem very impressed," Cimorene commented in some amusement.
"Why should he be?" Kazul said.
"Well, you're a dragon," Cimorene answered, a little taken aback.
"What difference does that make to a cat?" Before Harry Potter, there was Princess Cimorene, a dragon named Kazul,...

Dragonfly

Author	Julia Golding
ISBN	0761455825

Princess Taoshira of the Blue Crescent Islands is appalled when she is ordered to marry Prince Ramil of Gerfal. And he's not too pleased, either. She is used to a life of discipline, ritual, and splendor. He is used to hunting and carousing. They hate each other on sight. But both of their countries are...

The Whitefire Crossing

Author	Courtney Schafer
ISBN	1597802832

Dev is a smuggler with the perfect cover. He's in high demand as a guide for the caravans that carry legitimate goods from the city of Ninavel into the country of Alathia. The route through the Whitefire Mountains is treacherous, and Dev is one of the few climbers who knows how to cross them safely. With...

Scarlet

Author	A.C. Gaughen
ISBN	0802723462

Will Scarlet is good at two things: stealing from the rich and keeping secrets - skills that are in high demand in Robin Hood's band of thieves, who protect the people of Nottingham from the evil sheriff. Scarlet's biggest secret of all is one only Robin and his men know...that she is posing as a thief; that...

In This House of Brede

Author	Rumer Godden
ISBN	0829421289

I re-read this book every year or so. The opening scene where the highly successful businesswoman Philippa is giving away treasured possessions which she will no longer need at Brede abbey, draws you right into this story. The community of Benedictine nuns are a fascinating bunch. Flawed yet likeable,...

Siege and Storm: Chapters 1-5

Author	Leigh Bardugo
ISBN	1466842962

Download the first five chapters of the widely anticipated SIEGE & STORM, book two in The Grisha Trilogy!

Darkness never dies…

Hunted across the True Sea, haunted by the lives she took on the Fold, Alina must try to make a life with Mal in an unfamiliar land, all while keeping her...

The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp

Author	Richard Peck
ISBN	0141310944

This is the third book of Peck's Bluff City books, starring the fabulous Blossom Culp. It's also the weakest of the four. Though there are some wonderfully humorous scenes, highlighting Peck's fine comic writing, the plot and character development mostly made me scratch my head. This book, and the...

Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children’s Fantasy: Idealization, Identity, Ideology

Author	Dimitra Fimi
ISBN	1137552816

Fantasy literature owes much of its imaginative power to myth, legend and folklore, often as recorded in European medieval literature. Some of the most successful texts of contemporary fantasy literature have turned to the 'Celtic' tradition, drawing inspiration from medieval Irish and Welsh...

Changes for Samantha: A Winter Story

Author	Valerie Tripp
ISBN	0937295957

Times change for Samantha when she moves to New York City to live with Uncle Gard and Aunt Cornelia. They change for Nellie, Samantha's servant friend in Mount Bedford, too. But Nellie's changes aren't as happy as Samantha's and Nellie has to find work again. When her friend disappears, Samantha thinks...

Mirror Image

Author

Christopher G. Nuttall

Years ago, Heart’s Eye, a school built on top of a nexus point, was attacked and captured by a necromancer. The nexus point was snuffed out, the handful of survivors forced to flee and the once-great school turned into a forward base for a necromantic invasion. All seemed lost, until Emily killed the...