tightrope walking

After the Great Bellini teaches young Mirette to walk the high wire, she uses her talent to free him from prison, and both resolve to help others become free.

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In 1974, Philippe Petit assembled a team to help him achieve his dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers.

Nik Wallenda's story as well as tales of others who attempted to walk across Niagra Falls are included in this high-interest text.

A lyrical evocation of Philppe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk.

Mirette learns tightrope walking from a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear.

When the Great Blondin announced that he was going to walk from America to Canada across the Niagara River on a rope more than eleven hundred feet long and just three inches wide, hanging one hundred and sixty feet above the raging waters, people came from everywhere. Some people came to watch him cross. Some people came to watch him fall. Some people thought he wouldn't show up at all. But he did show up. And he did walk across the river. And then he did something amazing - he did it again. And again. And again.

A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.

In 2012, Nik Wallenda became the first person to tightrope-walk over Niagara Falls. He braved high winds and spray from the mighty flowing waters while doing so. Many marveled at the feat and wondered how it was possible. Wallenda's story as well as tales of others who attempted the jaw-dropping deed are included in this high-interest text. Spine-tingling photographs and fun fact boxes are sure to amaze and delight readers.

An account of French aerialist Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the newly completed World Trade Center towers in New York City.