The floating circus / Tracie Vaughn Zimmer.
by Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn.
Material type: BookPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books : Distributed to the trade by Macmillan, 2008Edition: 1st U.S. ed.Description: 198 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9781599901855 (hardcover); 1599901854 (hardcover).Subject(s): Abandoned children -- Fiction | Circus -- Fiction | River boats -- FictionDDC classification: [Fic] Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description Summary: In 1850s Pittsburgh, thirteen-year-old Owen leaves his younger brother and sneaks aboard a circus housed in a riverboat, where he befriends a freed slave, learns to work with elephants, and finally comes to terms with the choices he has made in his difficult life.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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In 1850s Pittsburgh, thirteen-year-old Owen leaves his younger brother and sneaks aboard a circus housed in a riverboat, where he befriends a freed slave, learns to work with elephants, and finally comes to terms with the choices he has made in his difficult life.
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