The Boston Globe, July 26th, 1999
The town of Greater Dunitsa is considered a very nice place by its residents in "Gypsy Rizka" by Lloyd Alexander. It has an inventive barber, a perfectly wonderful horse trough in the middle of the town square, and a very nice mayor. In fact, the only reason they could think of that anyone wouldn't like the town was Gypsy Rizka. A half-gypsy girl, Rizka lived just outside Greater Dunitsa with her cat, Petzel. She was notorious for playing well-deserved tricks on various citizens, and therefore General Hatvan wanted to court-martial her, Chief Councilor Sharpnack, her worst enemy, wanted her ru...
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