THE HEART OF THE ROMANI

SUNITA ŞEAŢA

By Eugene Orlando

Started: 8-4-06 <<>> First Draft: 8-16-06



THE HEART OF THE ROMANI

This fiction series concerns real people, real places, real events, and involves a descendant of a Romanian Gypsy immigrant. Set in the modern day Romania, the series jumps to the heart of the Gypsy plight.


BOOK 1: TO BE A GYPSY

This first-in-a-series novel concerns eleven-year-old Sunita Şeaţa who despises being of Gypsy heritage. On the last day of the sixth grade, she comes home to find her father excited about having located a Gypsy cousin in the Transylvania region of Romania. To make matters worse, he wants to take Suni there in a few weeks.

SAMPLE
CHAPTERS
GYPSY
PICTURES
HEARTS
OF FAITH
MISSION
LEARN
ABOUT
THE ROMANI
MAP OF
STORY
AREA
LEARN
SOME
ROMANIAN
EMBRACE
YOUR
HERITAGE

CLICK HEARTS OF FAITH MISSION ABOVE
to see the work they perform on behalf of the Romanian Gypsies.



FUTURE BOOKS IN THE SERIES


BOOK 2: TO TEACH A GYPSY

This second-in-a-series novel concerns twelve-year-old Sunita Şeaţa who takes her best friend, Nina Luchnik (of Ukrainian Gypsy heritage), to meet and teach English to Romanian Gypsies.


BOOK 3: IN SEARCH OF GYPSY HERITAGE

This third-in-a-series novel concerns thirteen-year-old Sunita Şeaţa who accompanies her best friend, Nina Luchnik, in a search for Nina's Gypsy heritage in the Crimean region of the Ukraine.

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