The Diddakoi

by Rumer Godden · first published 1972

The Diddakoi is a 1972 children's novel by Rumer Godden. Set in England, it features an orphan traveller or Romani girl, seven-year-old Kizzy Lovell, who faces persecution, grief, and loss in a hostile, close-knit, village community. The title is an alternative spelling of "didicoy", the Angloromani term for a person of mixed ancestry. The Diddakoi won the 1972 Whitbread Award in the Children's Book category, honouring the year's best English-language work by a writer based in Britain or Ireland.

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Genre:

Children's fiction

Original language:

English

Reader rating:

★ 5.0 / 5 (1 on Open Library)

Year page:

1972