Books like Gypsy Gold

I reduced one star because Gypsy is a slur. Otherwise this is another interesting entry to Sam and Jake's adventures by Terri Farley. It's been so long, and I've lost my copy, that I can't recall if the 'gypsy boy' ended up being a thief or not--but just the fact that a 'gypsy boy' is accused of being a thief as a plot line is not that comforting to my soul so I had to reduce one star and explain why so that some people don't read this and then think having 'gypsy boy' plots or characters is okay without understanding the nuances of why it might not be.I understand Gypsy Vanner/Gypsy Cob/Gypsy Horse is a breed, but it has an alternative name called the Irish Cob. At any rate, that's just a reason I'm spitballing as to why the title of this book could have been something different that didn't include 'Gypsy.' I also understand this was written in the early 2000's when sensitivities weren't taken as seriously or were even known. But I just cannot give it 5 stars when the story kind of revolves around dangerous and harmful stereotypes about 'gypsies' and whether or not they are thieves. I was a child when I read this and it led me to believe gypsies were interesting, fantastical people who just traveled around in caravans and were morally ambiguous and kind of mystical. Well, that's the problem--gypsy is a slur for a real group of people called the Romani, and all that stuff that is associated with them like thievery and mysticism is a stereotype that continues to cause them harm to this day. I really recommend googling the word 'romani' and seeing what pops up.I continued to believe gypsy was not a slur until I had a professor in college who was Romani. She was the one who taught me how stereotypes bring about real harm and well, meeting someone face-to-face who experienced trauma due to stereotypes makes it hard to ignore their plea to simply not use a word.So all that being said, this is a 5 star story but my soul can not give it 5 stars without talking about the modern day (as of writing this) impact of these types of stories and stereotypes. Especially bearing in mind children are most likely to read this. All that being said, I genuinely want people to enjoy this book and the entire series because it is really good!