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21) Ghost boy
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Unhappy in a home seemingly devoid of love, a fourteen-year-old albino boy who thinks of himself as Harold the Ghost runs away to join the circus, where he works with the elephants and searches for a sense of who he is.
23) Circus time!
Author
Series
Hotdog volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hotdog and Kev visit the circus to see their friend Lizzie as the clown.
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1988
Edition
1st Harper trophy ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Morris the Moose decides to join the circus, he finds himself in all kinds of trouble until his friend, Boris the Bear, comes up with a solution.
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder--a world where women weave illusions of magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. Bound to her family's circus, it's the only worldCecile Cabot knows until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate affair that could cost her everything. Virginia, 2004: Lara Barnes is on top of the world, but when her fiancae...
26) Fly, Dumbo, fly!
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Dumbo the circus elephant is unhappy about his large ears, until he discovers that he can use them to fly.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Seventeen-year-old Victoria escapes an abusive father by joining the VanDrexel Family Circus in 1965, and fifty years later her writings guide her granddaughter, sixteen-year-old Callie, in facing the uncharted waters of public high school.
28) Tree-ring circus
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
In this cumulative tale, a tree becomes a hiding place for various animals, a runaway circus clown, and even an elephant.
Author
Series
Lionboy trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Magnificent Lizzie Brown volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In nineteenth-century London Lizzie Brown wants nothing more than to escape from the slums and her drunk, abusive father, so finding work and friends in a passing circus seems like a dream come true--but when she starts to have visions she finds herself confronting the mysterious phantom of London.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From beloved bestselling author Ursula Hegi, a new novel about three mothers, set on the shores of the Nordsee, perfect for fans of Water for Elephants and The Light Between Oceans. In the summer of 1878, the Ludwig Zirkus has come to the island Nordstrand in Germany. Big-bellied girls rush from St. Margaret's Home for Pregnant Girls, thrilled to see the parade and the show, followed by the Sisters who care for them. The Old Women and Men, competing...
33) Orphan eleven
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
In 1939, after cruel treatment at her orphanage renders her mute, Lucy runs away and joins the circus, working with the elephants and unaware that the orphanage matrons are hunting for her.
Author
Series
Circus Mirandus volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Micah Tuttle loves living at the magical Circus Mirandus, but when a dangerous enemy from the past threatens his new home, every magician will have to be ready to fight--including Micah"--
Author
Series
Hall family chronicles volume 7
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
With the help of a stranger and the gift he brought them from India, the Halls foil an enemy's plan to build a Henry Thoreau theme park near their home.
36) The circus scare
Author
Series
Nancy Drew and the clue crew volume 7
Publisher
Spotlight
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Reinforced library bound ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew investigate when circus acts are sabotaged. When the circus comes to River Heights, Nancy and the Clue Crew investigate who is stealing some very important props from the performers.
37) The circus train
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"1938. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena--who uses a wheelchair after a childhood bout with polio--yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, her mind stronger than the limitations placed on her by society. Then her unconventional life takes an exciting turn when she rescues Alexandre, an orphan with...
38) It's showtime!
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Ivan the gorilla, Stella the elderly elephant, Bob the stray dog, Ruby the baby elephant, and more, discovering just what makes them so special"--
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1924, four-year-old Cecily Larson's mother reluctantly drops her off at an orphanage in Chicago, promising to be back once she's made enough money to support both Cecily and herself. But she never returns, and shortly after high-spirited Cecily turns seven, she's sold to a traveling circus to perform as the 'little sister' to glamorous bareback rider Isabelle DuMonde. With Isabelle and the rest of the circus, Cecily finally feels she's found the...
Author
Series
Carmer and Grit volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
When magician's apprentice Felix Carmer III and his faerie companion Grit come across a magical flying circus, it becomes clear that there is something not normal about it or its inventor, and that it may be related to regional airship disasters.
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