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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, timely, needs to be reissued, November 8, 1999

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This review is from: The Diddakoi (Audio Cassette)

I first read the diddakoi as an adult and reccommend it highly to any reader who insists on good writing. The message is important NOW, especially with current emphasis on teaching tolerance to young people and learning to control feelings of anger, hate, and prejudice. It is such a charming story.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing book about unconditional love, May 19, 1999

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This review is from: The Diddakoi (Hardcover)

It is with great sadness that I see my favorite book of all time out of print. I wanted to give it as a gift to all my nieces as they enter school. This is a wonderful story of overcoming being different and how cruel and loving human spirit can be. The people who love the little gypsy girl all come together and make a family proving that family is not just blood, but love. The most heartwarming story of my reading. Again, please someone reprint this moving story

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5.0 out of 5 stars More than just a story -- a talisman, April 15, 1999

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This review is from: The Diddakoi (Hardcover)

Like the other reviewer, The Diddakoi has been my favorite book well into adulthood. And, like other great children's literature can, it truly did help form my ideas of right and wrong, of who I wanted (and didn't want) to be, and gave me insight into the realities and the joys of human nature. Reprint it, somebody!

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It is heart-warming and heart-wrenching and has an important message for us all, without preaching. I highly recommend it.

Published 3 months ago by Barbara Hymas

5.0 out of 5 stars voracious reader
Excellent book about children's harsh treatment of others who seem 'different' to them and about a child's adjustment after having been ripped out of one culture into a radically... Read more

Published on October 6, 2009 by Linda Zoldoske

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Book as a Child
I first recieved this book as a gift when I was 10 or 11. The cover was beautiful; green with a red caravan on the front. It was then called Diddakoi. Read more

Published on December 12, 2004 by Mary F. Roell

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely wonderful book.
I agree, this book needs to be re-issued. The copy I keep belonged to my mother, and it was my favorite growing up. Read more

Published on May 9, 2004 by Ariel S Davies

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favourite books ever - well into adulthood
This book is a beautifully written (in Godden's very individual style) and painful story of bullying and racism towards a young half-gypsy girl (the Diddakoi). Read more

Published on January 11, 1999

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"DIDDAKOI." "Tinker" "Tinkety-tink" "Gypsy gypsy joker/get a red-hot poker" Read the first page

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Miss Brooke, Admiral Twiss, Doctor Harwell, Uncle Jess, Amberhurst House, Kizzy Lovell, Sir Admiral, Clem Oliver, Lumas Doe, Kezia Cunningham, Admiral Sir, Prudence Cuthbert, Elizabeth Oliver

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