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Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jane the dog doesn't have a unique talent in the circus like the rest of her family, until the ringmaster discovers what is truly special about her"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
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Description
Julia Pastrana stood apart from the other carnival acts. She was fluent in English, French and Spanish, an accomplished musician with an exquisite singing voice, equally at ease riding horseback and turning pirouettes--but all anyone noticed was her utterly unusual face. Alternately vilified and celebrated, Julia toured through New Orleans, New York, London, Berlin, Vienna, and Moscow, often hobknobbing with high society as she made her fame and fortune....
Author
Series
Cam Jansen adventure volume 7
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2004, c1983
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fifth-grader Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help find a pick-pocket at the circus.
Author
Language
English
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Description
It's 1930, and Birdie William's life has crashed along with the stock market. Her father's bank has failed, and worse, he's disappeared along with his Jenny biplane. When Birdie sees a leaflet for a barnstorming circus with a picture of Dad's plane on it, she goes to Coney Island in search of answers. The barnstorming circus has lady pilots, daredevil stuntmen, fire-spinners, and wing walkers, and Birdie is instantly enchanted--especially with a girl...
27) Dumbo
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Ridiculed because of his enormous ears, a young circus elephant is assisted by a mouse to achieve his full potential.
Author
Series
Publisher
Splinter
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A teenage girl and a shape-shifting tiger find romance, adventure, and a dangerous quest in this New York Times bestselling fantasy series debut.
When Oregon teenager Kelsey Hayes took a summer job with a local circus, she expected to make some extra money. She never thought she'd be heading to India with a mysterious white tiger named Ren-or trying to break a 300-year-old Indian curse. But that's exactly what happened.
Now she's face-to-face...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Miles Wednesday, orphaned, unwashed and living in a barrel, has never been to a circus beforebut then the Circus Oscuro is no ordinary circus. There's a strange beast called The Null and an array of sinister-looking clowns, and when an unusual little girl with wings falls from a tower during the performance, Miles's life is changed forever. As Miles and Little embark on an extraordinary journey to rescue two friends who have been captured at the Palace...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"In 1936--A party at the Ringling mansion Ca d'Zan in Sarasota, Florida, leads to a robbery--and possibly death. A successful historical mystery writer, Chloe Whitfield comes to Ca' d'Zan to research her next novel. Chloe's fascination with the circus is rooted in family stories of her great-grandmother Lucinda Conroy, who reportedly was a trapeze artist of some renown. She's heard hints of scandal -- and perhaps larceny, but no details. Chloe's grandmother...
31) Kiss an Angel
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Pretty, flighty Daisy Devreaux can either go to jail or marry the mystery man her father has chosen for her. Arranged marriages don't happen in the modern world, so how did the irrepressible Daisy find herself in this fix?
Alex Markov, as humorless as he is deadly handsome, has no intention of playing the loving bridegroom to a spoiled little feather-head with champagne tastes. He drags Daisy from her uptown life to a broken down traveling circus...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski finds himself haunted by memories of his life in the circus during the Great Depression, recalling the bond he developed with Rosie, the show's troubled elephant, and Marlena, the star of the equestrian act and the unfortunate love of the circus boss.
33) Unhappy Hooligan
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A newspaperman investigates the strange case of a murdered society clown Howie Rook does not care for the police. After a long career in newspapers, he has seen too many cases loused up by unimaginative detectives to have any faith in by-the-book investigation. Recently retired, he spends his leisure hours writing letters to the editor regarding police stupidity. He's so good at pointing out the department's screw-ups that it has decided to reach...
34) Pegasus: a novel
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Language
English
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Description
"Late 1930's Germany: Best friends Alex von Hemmerle and Nicolas von Bingen, titled childhood friends with neighboring estates, are witnessing the rise of Nazism when Nick's father reveals the long-buried secret of his son's partial Jewish ancestry. Warned by highly placed friends to flee, the only treasures Nick and his sons can take are two dazzling Lipizzaner horses, gifts from Alex. These powerful and majestic creatures become their ticket to...
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