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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Description
Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Description
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts. It is simply there. Within these nocturnal black-and-white-striped tents awaits an utterly unique experience, a feast for the senses. Beyond the smoke and mirrors, however, a fierce competition is under way, a contest between two young illusionists.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Description
For the boy, it was the first real chance for a future. For the man, it was one last chance to triumph over his past. Opportunities like these happen only once in a Blue Moon.
"An absolute charmer."—Library Journal Starred Review
"Simply put, this is a ripsnorting good historical yarn full of circus lore, so smartly told by an expert storyteller that it's the kind of book truly deserving that overused term 'page-turner.'"—Chicago
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One and only Ivan stories volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 4
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Description
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...
6) Julius
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A circus gorilla scares away the people who have come to see him, and when he tries to find them, he gets lost himself.
7) Oliver
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
I always wanted to work in the circus," said Oliver. "I could be a dancing elephant." But the circus already has ten elephants and they don't need another one. So, Oliver must find somewhere else to go.
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Circus Mirandus volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"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"--Provided by publisher.
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"Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep? When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. And in a moment that will change the course of her life, she snatches one of the babies...
13) The Boundless
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Aboard "The Boundless," the greatest train ever built, on its maiden voyage across Canada, teenaged Will enlists the aid of a traveling circus to save the train from villains.
15) Under the lilacs
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Relates the adventures of Ben Brown, his performing poodle Sancho, and the two young girls who feed and care for them after the boy and dog run away from the circus.
16) Circus pony
Series
Pony pals volume 11
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A circus is in town! All the Pony Pals are excited, especially Anna. Anna loves the circus and wants to spend all her time at the big top.
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Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 31
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Nancy Drew joins the circus in order to investigate the mystery surrounding a gold charm bracelet and a young orphaned aerialist.
19) Circus girl
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Pub. Date
c1957
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Flora was born amid the shimmery music, glittery lights, and happy life of the circus, and all was joy until she began hearing and dreaming about the people outside the circus.