Audrey under the big top : a Hartford Circus Fire survival story
2022
Book
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.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9781666330625
- 9781663990556
Description: 102 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Target Audience Note:
- 008-012.
- Grades 4-6.
Other Title: Girls survive. Audrey under the big top
Notes: Publisher, pagination and printing dates may vary.
LCCN: 2021030534
Control Number: 3220880
Publisher: North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone, [2022]Series:
Subjects:
- Circus -- Juvenile fiction.
- Fires -- Connecticut -- Hartford -- History -- Juvenile fiction.
- Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944 -- Juvenile fiction.
- Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows -- Juvenile fiction.
- Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
- Twins -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Other Authors: Wei, Wendy Tan Shiau, illustrator.