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 CUS

Carnahan, Matthew.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Villard Books 2005

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAR

Yan, 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 YAN

Dunn, Katherine

Summary: Aloysious and Lillian Binewski, proprietors of a traveling carnival, attempt to reduce overhead by breeding their own freak show, with tragic results.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2002

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUN

Summary: A group of freaks take revenge on a trapeze artist and her boyfriend after years of abuse. Filmed using real circus performers.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2004

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

Woolf, John

Summary: A radical new history that rediscovers the remarkable freak performers whose talents and charisma helped define an era.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.3 WOO