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Over 10,000,000 copies in print worldwide
#1 New York Times Bestseller
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
A Newsday Favorite Book of 2006
A USA Today Bestseller
A Major Motion Picture starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, and Christoph Waltz
Jacob Janowski's luck had run out--orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most...
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
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Español
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Made up of just one family are the unique members of the Aztlan Circus. This family persists in not taking forward its old and outdated ways. Although their life is doubly peripheral (they live in the margin of society and in the limited geography in Mexico City). The daughter is thinking about leaving the business, but she doesn't want to leave because here she feels special and distinct from ordinary people.
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Elemental emergence volume 1
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English
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"Harrow was born during a war between two of the five capricious Elemental Queens. It's a war of fury and attrition, and exacted its price in blood. In one grim night, almost all of the water Elementals--the Seers--were killed. All but Harrow. Years later, she's taken refuge in anonymity, hidden within an unusual circus run by a centuries-old Enchanter. No one can know who she really is or about the magic she wields. Now the circus has acquired a...
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"Mimi steps into the spotlight in this charming debut with an emotional heart. If you were to imagine an extraordinary moment of destiny, I bet you wouldn't imagine it in a kitchen on a particularly ordinary Wednesday. I bet you wouldn't imagine a plate of cheese and crackers or a replacement best friend--but this was my moment. Because when my Dad left to be a trick high diver in Mr. Morelli's Big Top Circus Extravaganza, he left his ordinary life...
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Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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It tells the story of a family who comes across a box of magical animal crackers that turns anyone that consumes a cracker into the animal that the cracker represents which comes in handy in saving the circus that the family was associated with.
9) DIY circus lab for kids: a family-friendly guide for juggling, balancing, clowning and show-making
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English
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DIY Circus Lab for Kids gives families everything they need to produce their own circus! Author Jackie Leigh Davis invites the you into the international youth circus community, then dives into the circus skill families: juggling, acrobatics, manipulation, balance, and clowning. The book opens with a do-it-yourself prop-making class, and provides enough homemade circus equipment to get you started on some fun circus basics. Rising circus stars will...
10) Be a star!
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English
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Allie, Bella, Carly, and Marlo, eight-year-old performers in the Stardust Circus, are normally best friends--but when a film crew comes to do a television special on the circus, Allie's dreams of being a Hollywood star threaten to drive a wedge between them.
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Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
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.
"To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on...
12) The circus
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Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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"Willow has staged runaways ever since she was a little girl. She has everything a young person should want: a rich daddy, clothes, money, a pony and a place at a prestigious boarding school. In reality, she has everything except the thing she really wants: a father who cares enough to find her. Aged sixteen, on the eve of her father's wedding, she ruins the bride's dress and escapes through a window, determined never to return. Her missing mother...
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Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to The freshman, Harold Diddlebock, former football star, slaves for twenty years in the bookkeeping department of an advertising agency and is fired. After recklessly placing a large bet and winning at the race track, he buys a circus and embarks on a series of adventures with his new pet, Jackie the lion.
15) Animal crackers
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Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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"In this madcap adventure, Owen must save Zoe and Uncle Doug from the villainous ringmaster. Only one thing will save the day: a box of magical animal crackers"--Provided by publisher.
16) Meridon: a novel
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Series
Wideacre trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Meridon, a vagabond gypsy, allows her vague memories of a very different life, as well as the necklace that is her birthright, to lead her home to Wideacre where she takes her place as its mistress.
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Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"If you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today? ... 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 and outcasts, known as Sparks. With the world still reeling from World War I, Rin and her troupe--the Circus of the Fantasticals--travel the midwest, offering a...
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English
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"Simon Watson, a young librarian on the verge of losing his job, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home--a house, perched on the edge of a bluff, that is slowly crumbling toward the sea. His parents are long dead, his mother having drowned in the water his house overlooks. His younger sister, Enola, works for a traveling carnival reading tarot cards, and seldom calls. On a day in late June, Simon receives a mysterious package from...
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