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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
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Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways.
A circus, titled Le Cirque des Reve, comes to town out of the blue and without warning. Within its tents, young magicians Celia and Marco compete to be the best, having done so since childhood. However, under the backdrop of their intense...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today? "This is the magic circus book that I have been looking for all my life."--Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart A Doorway Ringmaster -- Rin, to those who know her best -- can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze. And the circus they lead is a rare home and safe haven for magical misfits...
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The master show-man, Cecil B. DeMille, brings the thrills, chills and exhilaration of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that includes an all-star cast.
A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck.
6) Dumbo
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Language
English
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Circus owner Max Medici enlists former star Holt Farrier and his children to care for a newborn elephant whose oversized ears make him a laughingstock in an already struggling circus. But when they discover that Dumbo can fly, the circus makes an incredible comeback, attracting entrepreneur V.A. Vandevere, who recruits the Dumbo for his newest entertainment venture, Dreamland. Dumbo soars to new heights until Holt learns that beneath its shiny veneer,...
7) Circus fun
Author
Publisher
Modern Curriculum Press
Pub. Date
[1969]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Author
Series
Kingmaker chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Description
Catalia "Cat" Fisa lives disguised as a soothsayer in a traveling circus. She is perfectly content avoiding the danger and destiny the gods-and her homicidal mother-have saddled her with. That is, until Griffin, an ambitious warlord from the magic-deprived south, fixes her with his steely gaze and upsets her illusion of safety forever. Griffin knows Cat is the Kingmaker, the woman who divines the truth through lies. He wants her as a powerful weapon...
11) The circus
Author
Publisher
Tambourine Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
A child describes the wonderful sights at a circus.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
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Description
Describes the author's novice plunge into the abstract and intensely competitive world of the contemporary circus while tracing the history of circus performance and the current Cirque du Soleil-fueled renewal of circus popularity.
13) Circus 1-2-3
Author
Publisher
Clavis
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"1, 2, 3 and more circus performers give an amazing show. Watch them in the ring, on the high wire, on their bikes, and on the flying trapeze. Step right up and count with us!"--Back cover.
15) Circus
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Leaping lizards, marching snakes, a bear on the high wire, and others perform in a somewhat unusual circus.
16) Geek love
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Language
English
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Aloysious and Lillian Binewski, the proprietors of a traveling carnival, attempt to reduce overhead by breeding their own freak show, with tragic results, in a new edition of the acclaimed cult classic.
18) Circus parade
Author
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Everyone loves a parade, and a circus parade is something to behold. From giant elephants to tiny dancing dogs, a circus parade brings crowds from all over.
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2010, p2004
Language
English
Description
Their name is synonymous with the American circus. But long before there were dramatic acrobatics, exotic animals, and special effects, the Ringling Brothers circus consisted of an all-Ringling cast of two dancers, two musicians, and one singer. The Wisconsin-born Ringling brothers grew up in an era when the circus's arrival in town triggered an unofficial holiday. Five of the seven brothers, Albert, Otto, Alfred, Charles, and John, were drawn to...
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