Cranston Public Library

Madeline and the pirates: Madeline's vivid imagination runs wild when she discovers mean pirates on an island. Oh! But appearances can be deceiving! See what happens to Madeline as the excitement builds in the last act! Madeline and the gypsies: Pepito and Madeline are stranded at the gypsy carnival. During that time they visit some of the most beautiful and exciting places in France. In spite of the maneuvers of the Gypsy Mamma, Miss Clavel finally...

"There hasn't been a witch born in the Orchière clan for generations. According to the elders, that line is dead, leaving the clan vulnerable to the whims of superstitious villagers and the prejudices of fearmongering bishops. Ursule Orchière has been raised on stories of the great witches of the past. But the only magic she knows is the false spells her mother weaves over the gullible women who visit their fortune-telling caravan. All of that changes...

When the Gypsy queen who cursed them needs their help in finding a stolen coffin, P.I.s Cal and Niko Leandros must put aside their hatred and find this ancient vessel that contains the Plague of the World before it is too late.

Imagines the search for faith experienced by the ten-year-old blind daughter of John Bunyan, author of "Pilgrim's Progess," during her father's imprisonment for preaching found contrary to the edicts of the Church of England.

"Damian Le Bas grew up surrounded by Gypsy history. His great-grandmother would tell him stories of her childhood in the ancient Romani language; the places her family stopped and worked, the ways they lived, the superstitions and lores of their people. But his own experience of life on the road was limited to Ford Transit journeys from West Sussex to Hampshire to sell flowers. In a bid to better understand his Gypsy heritage, the history of the Britain's...

"Although Lace Paloma knows all about the feud between the Palomas and the Corbeaus, she finds herself falling for Cluck Corbeau when he saves her life while both families are performing in the same town." --

"Set during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War, sixteen-year-old Drina yearns to dance flamenco. When she dances, she forgets who she is. She forgets what seems to be her legacy: I am nothing. I belong nowhere. Why does her mother forbid her to dance, the very thing that makes her feel alive? She wonders about the secrets her mother holds, about the rumored life she had before Drina was born--a story that somehow still holds them both prisoner....