circus

"Ned Waddlesworth has always considered his world to be exceptionally ordinary. Until the day he discovers it isn't at all. Because on Ned's thirteenth birthday he discovers that everything magical he's ever read about or imagined is real. And without him, the world will soon be engulfed in monstrous beasts and beings. So with the help of a robot mouse, a girl witch and a flying circus unlike any other, it's up to Ned to swoop in and save the day!"--Back cover.

The Sweet Potato Circus is in trouble, and Louise and her best friend, Stella, will do anything to save their circus--even if it means joining forces with their sworn enemy, Ferret-breath Fernando.

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Sixteen-year-old Flo, who travels with a popular circus in which the main acts star ophaned children with secret shape-shifting abilities, makes a fatal mistake while performing, and as she flees the circus, which has been set on fire by the Hunters, Flo, Jett, a bear shifter who loves her, the annoying elephant triplets, and a tiger named Pru, begin to unravel secrets and lies that surround the circus and their lives.

When Freddie gets a job at the circus to help his family financially, he is surprised--and frightened--to learn he will be the understudy for some of the acts.

A narrator who believes nothing will happen in the book begins down a path that leads to a circus.

Bullied while attending fifth grade with the Islanders, Sasha, who always loved being part of Cirque Magnifique, wishes it would all go away but when her parents disappear in the Smoke, it is up to her to save them.

When magician's apprentice Felix Carmer III and his faerie companion Grit come across a magical flying circus, it becomes clear that there is something not normal about it or its inventor, and that it may be related to regional airship disasters.

A storm brings a floating circus to the City of Clouds, and when Harper and her friends attend they move ever closer to the secret of her origins.

The circus is the first home where Maximo has ever felt safe. He dreams of becoming an animal trainer and envies Jodi a girl who was born and raised in the circus and is already an accomplished performer. But ever since Jodi s mom was injured, Jodi has been unable to get back on the high wire. When a train wreck sets a herd of elephants and a dangerous Bengal tiger loose on the countryside, both Max and Jodi must face their worst fears. Can they conquer their terror and survive the longest night of their lives?.