The Gypsy Game, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, is a direct sequel to the author’s award-winning book, The Egypt Game. This book follows the same characters and setting as in the previous book. The story begins with April and her friend Melanie deciding to stop playing the Egypt Game. Instead, they switch over to play what they call the Gypsy Game. Their friend Toby claims to have real gypsy ancestors. His father even paints a mural of a gypsy caravan to help with the game. Toby also brings some of his grandmother’s gypsy jewelry. The children look forward to starting a new and exciting game together.

Before the game begins, Toby starts acting very strange.  It turns out that he is dealing with problems in his family. Toby goes missing, and the rest of the Gypsy Game members become fearful about what may have happened to him. The children are confronted with ethical dilemmas while trying to find their missing friend.

This book is fun and entertaining but also quite suspenseful as well. The story is full of twists and turns, which made it hard for me to put the book down once I started reading it. I kept wondering what was going to happen next. I especially enjoyed the alternating perspectives from different characters throughout the story. I was excited to read this book as soon as I finished The Egypt Game, and I am glad that I did. Even though I was surprised that the children never actually ended up playing the Gypsy Game, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I would highly recommend it.