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23) Geek love
Author
Language
English
Description
Aloysious and Lillian Binewski, proprietors of a traveling carnival, attempt to reduce overhead by breeding their own freak show, with tragic results.
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Over a half century, a small Indiana town hosts a circus troupe during the off-seasons in linked stories "as graceful as any acrobat's high-wire act" (San Francisco Chronicle).
A Story Prize Finalist
From 1884 to 1939, the Great Porter Circus made the unlikely choice to winter in an Indiana town called Lima, a place that feels as classic as Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, and as wondrous as a first trip to the Big...
A Story Prize Finalist
From 1884 to 1939, the Great Porter Circus made the unlikely choice to winter in an Indiana town called Lima, a place that feels as classic as Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio, and as wondrous as a first trip to the Big...
25) Be a star!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Allie, Bella, Carly, and Marlo, eight-year-old performers in the Stardust Circus, are normally best friends--but when a film crew comes to do a television special on the circus, Allie's dreams of being a Hollywood star threaten to drive a wedge between them.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Electric Woman is Tessa Fontaine's astonishing audiobook memoir about a life-affirming journey of loss and self-discovery. Narrated by the author, this audiobook recounts Tessa's life on the road with the last traveling American sideshow and her relationship with an adventurous, spirited mother. Turns out, one lesson applies to living through illness, keeping the show on the road, letting go of the person you love most, and eating fire: The trick...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Kathleen Cremonesi knew early on she wanted to be different. Determined to avoid following in her mother's footsteps to an ill-fated marriage, Kathleen left Oregon in her early 20s to travel across Europe. On a whim, this former administrative assistant with wanderlust took a job as a dancer in an Italian circus and, working her way up, became an ostrich-riding, shark-taming showgirl. Kathleen bonds with the exotic animals that could strike and kill...
29) The sky unicorn
Author
Series
Secret rescuers volume 2
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Ava is a dancer with a travelling troupe of entertainers. When Clover, a little unicorn, is trapped by Sir Fitzroy and used to lure the other unicorns into danger, Ava hatches a cunning plan. She and Sophy will disguise themselves and foil Sir Fitzroy's plot, and the unicorns will be safe!
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 1911, Europe's strongest woman, Mabel MacGinnis, loses everything she's ever known and sets off for America in hopes of finding the mother she's just discovered is still alive. When circus aerialist Isabella Moreau's daughter suddenly appears, she isforced to face the truth of where, and in what, she derives her worth"--
33) Conspiracy game
Author
Series
Ghostwalkers volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Christine Feehan's dynamic fusion of steamy romance, riveting suspense, and paranormal phenomena has made her books mainstays of the New York Times best-seller list. In Conspiracy Game, fiery passion erupts between GhostWalker Jack Norton and trapeze artist Briony-predetermined soulmates through genetic engineering-as they combat a corrupt scientist's evil machinations.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Junior High teacher and gay dating Blogger Hayden McCall and his best friend Hollister investigate after the star of an upcoming fundraiser is discovered dead in her hotel suite with their frenemy Sarah, who is charged with the crime"
37) Ten Thumb Sam
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The youngest son in a family of circus performers, Sam Stringbini, who has no talent whatsoever, must race against time to clear his name--and save the day--when he is accused of sabotaging the Triple Top Circus.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
"Nobody in the family, except Aunt Ruth, talks about Ellen's grandmother Lola, who had been swallowed up by the circus then spit out as a woman who tamed tigers and got away scot free for killing her husband. Just as no one talks about the bruises Ellen can't hide"--
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Both a great American adventure and a rare entry into a sheltered world, Under the Big Top describes one man's pursuit of every child's fantasy: running away to join the circus. Bruce Feiler's unforgettable year as a clown will forever change your view of one of the world's oldest art forms and remind you of how dreams can go horribly wrong -- and then miraculously come true.
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