In the near future, a boy with the ability to speak the language of cats sets out from London to seek his kidnapped parents and finds himself on a Paris-bound circus ship learning to train lions.
Still grieving over the death of his mother, eleven-year-old Ben finds solace in the special relationship he forms with an elephant in a visiting circus.
Traces the history of circuses from the time of ancient Egypt and Greece through their evolution in eighteenth-century Europe to the spectacles created by P.T. Barnum and other modern-day showmen.
Megan goes for a ride on a magic carousel that takes her to a circus where she and her pony are the star performers in Mr. Scarletti's Amazing Travelling Circus. Includes facts about circuses.
Frank and Joe uncover a coded message that points to big trouble in the local circus. Someone in the circus wants to make the boys disappear permanently.
