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Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
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.
Author
Series
World famous Muriel books volume 1
Pub. Date
[1984]
Description
Asked to tightrope walk for the queen's birthday party, Muriel arrives to discover that all the decorative paper lanterns have disappeared and that her detecting skills are needed too.
4) Tightrope
Author
Series
Formats
Description
"An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a machine that could change the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
1980
Description
"Tommy Zane hates lions, a major obstacle in a family of lion tamers. But Tommy's dreams--and talent--fly higher, up in the rigging with the trapeze. When rising star Mario Santelli offers him flying lessons, it looks like the start of wonderful new life, and to Tommy's surprise, his relationship with Mario deepens even as his skill soars in the rigging. But life in the 1940s forces them to keep their love a secret, and the stress pushes both Tommy...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Depicts the life-risking ventures of tightrope daredevil "The Great Blondin," (also known as Jean Francois Gravelet) describing the times he walked more than one thousand feet on a rope hung above the Niagara River while performing increasingly challenging feats.
Author
Series
Mirette books volume 3
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
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.
Author
Series
Mirette books volume 2
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
After the Great Bellini teaches young Mirette to walk the high wire, she uses her talent to free him from prison, and both resolve to help others become free.
10) Girl on a wire
Author
Series
Cirque American volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 13
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Jules Maroni's dream is to follow in her father's footsteps as a high-wire walker. When her family is offered a prestigious role in the new Cirque American, it seems that Jules and the Amazing Maronis will finally get the spotlight they deserve. But the presence of the Flying Garcias may derail her plans. For decades, the two rival families have avoided each other as sworn enemies."--
11) Man On Wire
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
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.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"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 the hope of finding the child... But will her story be...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
After a high-profile tumble, Cirque Americans star wire walker, Jules Maroni, has a lot to proveand her invitation to an exclusive exhibition in Paris looks to be just the opportunity to put her back on top. Unfortunately, the City of Lights glitters with distractions, including the presence of her first serious boyfriend and a mysterious figure haunting the venue.
20) Man on wire
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Looks 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.