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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2014 | Grades 5-8
Gr 7 Up—It's the start of summer and 14-year-old Patrick (aka Trick) arrives with his family in their caravan and illegally camps on the edge of the paddock near Iris's house. The boy and his family are Irish Travelers, and while 13-year-old Iris is intrigued by the visitors, her dad wants them off his land. Her free-spirited, but unhappy mother, left three months earlier to travel around Tunisia in order to find herself, leaving behind a family reeling in her absence. Iris's dad is drinking more and becoming increas...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2014
Iris, her older brother Sam, and their dad are not doing so well. It's been three months since Iris's mum decided she needed a change from farm life in the English East Midlands and took off alone on a trip through North Africa. All feel abandoned, but when a family of Travelers sets up camp in the paddock one night, only Iris finds this a good distraction. Dad and Sam, at odds most of the time, agree on this one thing: the "Gypos" have to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
When a family of Travelers sets up camp in Iris's family's paddock, Iris's dad and brother agree: the "Gypos" have to go. Iris, however...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
