circus

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Girl in the shadows

Growing up in the shadows of a famous magician father who forbids her to follow in his footsteps, eighteen-year-old Moira runs away to join the Cirque American, where her stage magic suddenly feels like real magic.

The Marvelwood Magicians

2017
An eleven-year-old from a family that possesses unique magical abilities joins a traveling circus with an evil ringmaster who steals talents, forcing her to choose between forfeiting her powers and sacrificing her family.

Zebra on the go

2016
When Zebra accidentally steps on Lion's toe, Lion gets angry and begins chasing Zebra in what turns out to be a remarkable show.

ABC pasta

an entertaining alphabet
2017
An alphabet picture book that features different types of pasta products and introduces various elements of a circus.

Geek love

Examines the Binewskis, a family in the circus that set out to breed their own exhibit of human oddities and follows them on their tour around the country.

The case of the clown carnival

"It's a Scooby-Doo reunion when Scooby and the rest of the Mystery Gang gather at a circus carnival under the big top. But when the clowns enter the ring, things go from merry to mayhem-- clowns turn into robots, Scooby Snacks are snatched, and parents are kidnapped!"--Amazon.

Secrets of the circus

"The animals of Sir Sidney's Circus enter a contest at the Iowa State Fair in hopes of winning a $5,000 prize that could save Farmer Farley's farm and his prize pig, Pablo"--Provided by publisher.

Pop goes the circus!

A misbehaving mouse, under the employ of Sir Sidney's Circus, finds adventure when a balloon carries him away and he meets a young runaway.

The book of speculation

A young librarian named Simon Watson lives in Long Island Sound where his mother, a circus mermaid who was paid to hold her breath, drowned. Now his younger sister, Enola, has also ran off to join the circus. Then Simon receives a book in the mail from the 1700s recording the drowning death of a circus mermaid, and generations of mermaids in Simon's family, always on July 24. With that date only weeks away, Simon races to save his sister from the family curse.

Water for elephants

a novel
Ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski finds himself haunted by memories of his past in the circus and the freaks, exotic animals, and other people he encountered as a performer.

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