Gypsy Rizka
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فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2013
Lexile Score
740
Reading Level
3-4
نویسنده
Ron Keithناشر
Recorded Books, Inc.شابک
9781470353896
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- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
Versatility is the key to superb narration in this comic fantasy, with its cavalcade of characters living in the mythical land of Greater Dunitsa. Ron Keith more than rises to the task with his precise British diction and the spirited band of characters he sets forth: orphaned gypsy trickster Rizka, surly and villainous Chief Councilor Sharpnack, and warm-hearted Old Franko, who is, Rizka discovers, her father by love if not biology. Keith's animated reading further enlivens the boisterous events in a village of kindly but clueless souls looking for a way to get on in the world and foiled at every turn by an enchanting young vixen--part good-natured trifler and part wise woman--but surely a heroine to love. T.B. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine
March 29, 1999
"Skinny as a smoked herring; long-shanked, bright-eyed, with cheekbones sharp enough to whittle a stick," the half-Gypsy girl Rizka lives with her impudent cat, Petzel, in a dilapidated caravan just outside the town of Greater Dunitsa. On her own since her mother died, Rizka awaits the day when her Gypsy father will return to sweep her off with him to the traveling life. In the meantime, the sharp-witted urchin keeps busy deflating the pretensions of the town's most complacent burghers--and being a true friend to those few who appreciate her worth. Rich with comic exaggeration and the folksy cadences of a tall tale, Rizka's sassy escapades include outwitting the town's narrow-minded Chief Councillor Sharpnack, furthering two local romances, impersonating Greater Dunitsa's resident ghost and sharing the wonders of Ali Baba's cave with the dreamy, book-loving town clerk. The narrative brings to mind the author's lighthearted Vesper Holly books rather than his more serious-minded Westmark trilogy; a sweetly poignant conclusion draws together the various episodes while making a gentle point about the importance of family, home and friendship. Ages 8-12.
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