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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Ninety-something-year-old Jacob Jankowski remembers his time in the circus as a young man during the Great Depression, and his friendship with Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, and Rosie, the elephant, who gave them hope.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
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.
5) Oliver
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2000, c1988
Edition
Newly illustrated ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Oliver the elephant looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants.
6) Circus train
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
31 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Circus Train pulls in to town, and each kind of animal is in its own brightly colored car.
Author
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
viii, 356 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
After being sold to the circus by her parents, Lilly Blackwood develops a fateful attachment to the elephants she works with, while twenty years later, Julia Blackwood, inheriting her family's estate, learns of Lilly's existence and the family's dark secrets.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Against all odds, a veterinary student and a beautiful circus performer meet and fall in love, but the secret romance incurs the wrath of her dangerously volatile husband.
13) Slow dollar
Author
Series
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
viii, 276 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When an inflatable carnival ride is destroyed, the first in a series of strange events surrounding a traveling carnival, judge Deborah Knott wonders about a carny's charm bracelet and her connection to Deborah's own family.
14) Summer dreams
Author
Publisher
Silhouette Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
395 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When she plays Booth DeWitt's cruel ex-wife in his film, actress Ariel Kirkwood has trouble getting Booth interested in her offstage, and lion trainer Jovilette Wilder falls for Keane Prescott, a lawyer who inherits ownership of the circus.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
At school, Olivia tells about her summer vacation and how, when she went to the circus and all the performers were out sick, she saved the day, becoming Olivia the Tattooed Lady, Olivia the Lion Tamer, The Amazing Flying Olivia, and more.
Author
Series
Publisher
Listen & Live Audio
Pub. Date
p2015
Physical Desc
9 audio discs (11 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jacky Faber is framed for passing confidential U.S. information to the British. Forced to flee Boston, she goes undercover as a governess for a prominent Puritan family. When outed by a nosy postmaster, she deserts the respectability of her position, dons a leotard and slippers, and poses as a Russian tightrope walker in a traveling circus. But the law soon catches up with her, and prospects do not look good. Through her many adventures, Jacky has...
Author
Series
Creepella von Cacklefur volume 7
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
110 pages : color illustrations : 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Just as Creepella is about to interview Hector Spector, the owner of the Galloping Ghost Circus, strange things start happening around Cacklefur Castle, and she investigates.