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"Avita was born to be a star. Her tent sells out nightly, and every performance incites bloodcurdling screams. She's the most lucrative circus act from Texas to Tacoma, the crown jewel of the Family Fortuna, and Avita feeds on the shrieks, the gasps, the fear. But when a handsome young artist arrives to create posters of the performers, she's appalled by his rendering of Bird Girl. Is that all he sees? A hideous monster--all sharp beak and razor teeth,...
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A vivid, daring novel about the devastating power of family secrets--beginning in the poignant, lurid world of a Depression-era traveling circus and coming full circle in the transformative 1950s.
On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn’t allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She’s never even ventured beyond her narrow room. Momma insists...
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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...
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2020.
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When the circus doesn't come to her town, six-year-old Aria is disappointed. She calls the ringmaster and asks him to send the circus. Then, the craziest things start to happen! Every week, the ringmaster sends Aria a package - each containing an amazing circus character. Aria has to put the characters in the backyard when they misbehave. They circus people ask Aria to become their ringmaster, but Aria isn't sure she is brave enough to speak in front...
10) Circus Mirandus
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"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--
12) Remarkables
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[2019]
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A wordless picture book in which a boy meets an orphaned mermaid and invites her to join his circus family.
13) Now open the box
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[2013]
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Although he knows no tricks, Peewee the circus dog is loved by all because he is the smallest dog in the world, but when he grows into a normal-size dog his days under the Big Top may be at an end.
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2011
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"Creepella is about to interview the famouse Hector Spector, who has come to Mysterious Valley with his Galloping Ghost Circus. But before she can, she has a mystery on her paws - someone is playing tricks and making messes all over Cacklefur Castle! Can she put a stop to these ghastly gags?" -- Back cover.
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2021.
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"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 world Cecile 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...
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