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On a blustery October night the Circus Oscuro came to town. It was clear from the start that this was no ordinary circus. They did not roll into town with fanfares and cartwheeling clowns. Instead they came in the dead of night, when all the townspeople were asleep. The circus wagons turned into the long field at the bottom of the hill that overlooked the town of Larde, and creaked to a halt in neat rows with barely a sound. There was just one witness to the arrival of the circus. A small boy, huddled in a large wooden barrel high on the side of the hill, watched the raising of the big top, awakened from his sleep by the shouts of the circus people and the occasional trumpeting of the elephants. The boy's name was Miles, and the barrel was his home...
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Miles, an orphan living in a barrel, discovers that there is something very strange about the new circus in town, something sinister and rather magical...
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"A vivid journey of discovery." -- Angie Sage
"A creative tale of survival." -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
A vivid journey of discovery. --Angie Sage
"A creative tale of survival."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
"A vivid journey of discovery."--Angie Sage
"Berkeley weaves painterly details into his depiction of this night-shaded world but also injects an ample measure of humor."--Publishers Weekly
"Filled with captivating and ingenious descriptive passages."--School Library Journal
"It seems astonishing to chart new territory in today's world of fantasy and adventure, but Berkeley has done just that."--Julie Andrews Edwards
It seems astonishing to chart new territory in today s world of fantasy and adventure, but Berkeley has done just that. --Julie Andrews Edwards"
Filled with captivating and ingenious descriptive passages. --School Library Journal"
"A creative tale of survival." -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
A vivid journey of discovery. --Angie Sage
"A creative tale of survival."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
"A vivid journey of discovery."--Angie Sage
"Berkeley weaves painterly details into his depiction of this night-shaded world but also injects an ample measure of humor."--Publishers Weekly
"Filled with captivating and ingenious descriptive passages."--School Library Journal
"It seems astonishing to chart new territory in today's world of fantasy and adventure, but Berkeley has done just that."--Julie Andrews Edwards
It seems astonishing to chart new territory in today s world of fantasy and adventure, but Berkeley has done just that. --Julie Andrews Edwards"
Filled with captivating and ingenious descriptive passages. --School Library Journal"
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster Children's
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1416910727
- ISBN 13 9781416910725
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages416
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