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Title	:	The Gypsy Crown (The Chain of Charms #1)
Author	:	Kate Forsyth
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 386 pages
Published	:	July 1st 2008 by Hyperion Books for Children (first published November 10th 2007)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction

The Gypsy Crown (The Chain of Charms #1)

Kate Forsyth

Hardcover | Pages: 386 pages

Rating: 3.8 | 720 Users | 67 Reviews

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Note: This edition includes five of the six books that were originally published as The Chain of Charms series in Australia. The missing book is The Cat's Eye Shell (The Chain of Charms #4)

Emilia Finch and her cousin Luka are gypsies. For them, that means they live a strongly traditional life, rich with story, music, dance, and magic, governed by the laws of the clan and the ways of the road. To the repressive Puritanical government of 17th century England, however, the gypsies are thieving, fortune-telling vagrants who are most likely allies of the devil.

While the Finches have managed to steer clear of trouble, it finds them when they decide to raise dowry money for one of their daughters, by performing in Kingston square one ill-fated market day. A series of terrible events lands the family in jail, charged with murder. Only Emilia and Luka manage to escape, promising to bring back help and free them.

The only problem is -- how? Emilia believes in the legend of the charms: it is said that the luck of the Rom has turned sour ever since a long-ago gypsy matriarch broke her chain of charms, giving one charm to each of her five children. Since then, the gypsies have been persecuted and the families have dispersed. If they can gather the charms from the families, Emilia thinks, the strong magic of the Rom will somehow bring her family freedom. Luka, on the other hand, is more practical � he wants to enlist the help of the other clans to help the Finches escape.

Emilia and Luka must race through the countryside, navigating a hornets' nest of Rom-hating Puritans, Royalist spies, and traitors, if they are to complete their quest before the magistrate delivers a death sentence�

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Original Title:	The Gypsy Crown
ISBN:	1423104943 (ISBN13: 9781423104940)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Chain of Charms #1

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Ratings: 3.8 From 720 Users | 67 Reviews

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An enjoyable book. Its strongest points are setting and plot: there is great historical detail and an interesting plot premise. I liked how this book helped me to imagine what it was like for the Rom people during Cromwell's reign. Also I liked finding out things about Rom culture. Weak points: some shallow characters and a bit of predictability in plot.

Fascinating blend of history and fantasy in the first of the six book series. This is my second series from Forsyth after reading The Impossible Quest.This book was a really good read, entertaining as well as you felt like you were reading history come alive. It had a similar feel of a long chase sequence to the other book, I wonder if that will be through the whole series.Anyway a great start to the series.

For a middle grade book, it took a while for the story to kick in. I was presently surprised to be transported into England under Cromwell's rule. After their family is arrested, Emilia and Luka are set on a quest by their grandma to collect the five charms that have been divided between the main gypsy families. There's a lot of hiding from bad guys, running from bad guys, and righting the bad guys' wrongs.

Great children's series ........

Gypsies in Europe during the time of Cromwell. Most of the family gets jailed for singing, dancing, and entertaining in the town. Two kids escape and have to find 4 more charms to a good luck bracelet so the gypsies will have good luck again. So there is a little bit of magic, lots of running and hiding (bad guys chasing them of course, and in the end triumph. A pretty good read. I learned some history as well.

I've read this book multiple times and I love it.

I often rate the kids' lit I read based on my enjoyment of it as my present day self, that is as a forty something, burgeoning children's author and fan of children's writing. Books that fascinate, educate and thrill this current self are not necessarily the same ones that would have enthralled me as a 9 yo girl with an insatiable appetite for stories. Kate Forsyth's first instalment of The Chain of Charms series, The Gypsy Crown, wins five stars from me; not the author me, not the mother who