Cushman, Karen.
Summary: In 1599 England, twelve-year-old lying, thieving Will Sparrow runs away, meets many colorful characters on the road, and then reluctantly joins a traveling "oddities" exhibit, where he learns to see beyond appearances.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC CUSCarnahan, Matthew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CARYan, Lianke
Summary: The trouble-free lives of the disabled residents of Liven in China are disrupted when a money-hungry county official convinces them to start a traveling freak show so that he can use the proceeds to buy the embalmed corpse of Lenin.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC YANDunn, Katherine
Summary: Aloysious and Lillian Binewski, proprietors of a traveling carnival, attempt to reduce overhead by breeding their own freak show, with tragic results.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUNWoolf, John
Summary: A radical new history that rediscovers the remarkable freak performers whose talents and charisma helped define an era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019