Audrey Under the Big Top
A Hartford Circus Fire Survival Story
North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint, [2022]
Format: Book
Description: 102 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
In 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, twelve-year-old Audrey dreams of being an aerialist like her heroes, the Flying Wallendas, and so she is excited to go to Ringling Brothers circus with her six-year-old twin sisters; but at the show a fire breaks out, and as the crowd starts to panic Audrey struggles to reach her sisters--she gets Patty out, but Charlotte, afraid of heights, refuses to jump from the higher seats, and disappears as the big top comes crashing down.
Series: Girls survive.
Subjects:
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- Juvenile fiction.
Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944 -- Juvenile fiction.
Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Circus -- Juvenile fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Twins -- Juvenile fiction.
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- Juvenile fiction.
Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944 -- Juvenile fiction.
Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
Circus -- Juvenile fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
Twins -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: Ages 8-12.
ISBN:
9781663990556
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
CPBK Girls Survive | Blythewood | Children's Paperback | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |
CPBK Girls Survive | Wheatley (Shandon) | Children's Paperback | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |