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Moreci, Michael

Summary: "Before Batman trained him to be Robin, Dick Grayson was star of his family of trapeze artists, but when an enchanting new attraction opens nearby and threatens to lure away their remaining customers, Dick is among those drawn to its magical glow and may be too mesmerized to recognize the dangers ahead."--Provided by publisher.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2020

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Hetherington, Nydia

Summary: "Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus. Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Quercus 2020

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HET

Summary: 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.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRE

Uhl, Xina M.

Summary: Like dancers in the sky, aerial silks athletes hang from long strips of fabric and perform acrobatics suspended from them with beauty, grace, and sheer physical skill. This captivating book encourages readers who may not have access to other sports to be physically and acrobatically active. It profiles the leading silks performers, circus arts organizations that teach courses, and places where...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Central 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 791.3 UHL

Gerstein, Mordicai.

Summary: A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2003

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 791.3 GER

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 PET

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: JE 791.3 GER

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JEN Caldecott Gerstein

Summary: A look at the high-wire walk made by Philippe Petit in 1974 between the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in New York City, and how it is still considered one of history's most artistic crimes.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2008

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 791.34 MAN

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF MAN

Quick, Amanda

Summary: A former trapeze artist who owns a supposedly cursed villa and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a top secret invention before it's too late.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019

Copies Available at Woodmere

2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC QUI

Summary: The Baby Carriage: Infused with a jazzy, nouvelle vague-inspired energy, Bo Widerberg's feature debut has the freshness of youth. Building on his film criticism's call for a socially relevant Swedish cinema, the writer turned director offers a vivid portrait of a young factory worker finding her way toward independence as she weathers unexpected pregnancy, learns hard lessons from relationships...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN BO

McCully, Emily Arnold.

Summary: With the help of a young immigrant boy they meet on their crossing to America, two famous tightrope walkers manage to survive the treachery of a rival showman.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2000

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC MCC

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCC

Summary: In 1974, Philippe Petit assembled a team to help him achieve his dream of walking between the World Trade Center towers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2016

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA WAL

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Walk 2016

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD WAL

Fiedler, Lisa

Summary: Seventeen-year-old Victoria escapes an abusive father by joining the VanDrexel Family Circus in 1965, and fifty years later her writings guide her granddaughter, sixteen-year-old Callie, in facing the uncharted waters of public high school.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC FIE

Summary: The continuing story of the herbalist Shirayuki in the kingdom of Clarines.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Funimation Productions 2017

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1 available in Anime, Call number: DVD ANIME SNO

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