Oliver the elephant looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants.

"Heartbreaking." - Kirkus Reviews "Amanda Davis writes gently, even poetically about extraordinary brutality. She has a distinctively creepy, even noirish sensibility." - New York Times Book Review "An utterly unique take on what it means to run away and join a circus." - Elizabeth Strout, author of AMY AND ISABELLE "This book is a circus Pygmalion -- a spectacular tale of injury, heartbreak, and metamorphosis." - Jonathan Ames, author of The Extra...

Trix's life in boarding school as an orphan charity case has been hard but when an alluring young Ringmaster invites her, a gymnast, to join Circus Galacticus she gains an entire universe of deadly enemies and potential friends, along with a chance to unravel secrets of her own past.

"Told from two viewpoints, sisters Lo and Rita spend their lives flying high on the trapeze, but real danger comes as secrets begin to unravel the tightknit circus community and Lo finds love with a "flattie."" --

"Jimmy Sniffles' super-schnozz smells trouble when the neighborhood dogs begin to disappear. A creepy clown and a lady with big hair are making a secret circus with the missing mutts. Only Jimmy and his nose can save the day!"--P. facing t.p.

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Seventeen-year-old Oregon teenager Kelsey forms a bond with a circus tiger who's actually one of two brothers, Indian princes Ren and Kishan, who were cursed to live as tigers for eternity, and she travels with him to India where the tiger's curse may be broken once and for all.

"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--

Ollie the purple elephant is delighted to move into the McLaughlin family's New York City apartment but their cat, Ginger, is not pleased and devises a plan to send Ollie away with the circus.

"To escape a burning building, Zapfino must confront the fears that forced him out of the circus."--