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Audrey under the big top

a Hartford Circus Fire survival story
In 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, twelve-year-old Audrey dreams of being an aerialist like her heroes, the Flying Wallendas, and so she is excited to go to Ringling Brothers circus with her six-year-old twin sisters; but at the show a fire breaks out, and as the crowd starts to panic Audrey struggles to reach her sisters--she gets Patty out, but Charlotte, afraid of heights, refuses to jump from the higher seats, and disappears as the big top comes crashing down.

Animal crackers

circus mayhem
2017
"In this rip-roaring caper, young Owen takes his first visit to Buffalo Bob's circus and discovers the secret behind its animal attractions"--Back cover.

The circus of stolen dreams

2021
"After Andrea's brother, Francis, disappeared, her world turned upside down. So when she discovers a magical dream world called Reveries in the woods near her home, Andrea jumps at the chance to escape her pain and go inside. But the cost of admission is high: Andrea must give up a memory in order to enter. And she knows exactly which memory she'll choose. Once inside, Andrea discovers tent after tent of dreams come alive: she can fly on a gust of wind, brave swashbuckling pirates and search for buried treasure, reach for--and wish on--a tangible star, and much, much more. But Andrea soon realizes that not all Reverie's dreams are meant to delight and the Sandman controlling the circus tents seems to have plans of his own. When Andrea finds a tent in which her brother's darkest nightmare has been brought to life, she realizes the ominous truth: Reveries is not an escape-- it's a trap"--Provided by publisher.

The Great Zapfino

2022
To escape a burning building, Zapfino must confront the fears that forced him out of the circus.

Big Top Bandit

Barnstorm's Big Top Circus is in town, and Scooby and the Mystery Inc. gang can't wait to see it, but thanks to the Ghost Clown, things under the big top are a big mess.

Audrey under the big top

a Hartford Circus Fire survival story
2022
In 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, twelve-year-old Audrey dreams of being an aerialist like her heroes, the Flying Wallendas, and so she is excited to go to Ringling Brothers circus with her six-year-old twin sisters; but at the show a fire breaks out, and as the crowd starts to panic, Audrey struggles to reach her sisters--she gets Patty out, but Charlotte, afraid of heights, refuses to jump from the higher seats, and disappears as the big top comes crashing down.

The ringmaster's daughter

In 1940 Paris, 20-year-old Michel Bonnet, to escape the Nazis, joins the circus where he first sees Frieda-dark-haired, mysterious and also fleeing the Germans-who is harboring a secret that places him in more danger than he could ever know.

The rise of Flynn Rider

"Tangled's Eugene Fitzherbert goes on a life-altering adventure that leads to his transformation into the one and only Flynn Rider"--.

The farmer and the circus

2021
A [nearly] wordless picture book in which the farmer visits the little clown and the monkey, and meets the rest of the circus family.

The juggle book

a graphic novel
2022
"In this graphic novel loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book,' an orphaned bear cub named Glee finds a new home in a traveling circus"--OCLC.

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