Interest age: 9-12
Reading age: 8

Circus Mirandus

Author: Cassie Beasley

Publisher: Chicken House

Micah Tuttle loves to hear his grandfather's stories of the magical Circus Mirandus that he visited as a young boy. He tells Micah he once showed the Man Who Bends Light a trick and was promised a miracle in return. Now that his grandfather is seriously ill, Micah decides to seek out the Circus Mirandus to redeem this miracle. Enlisting the help of his friend Jenny, can he find the Man Who Bends Light and persuade him to help his grandfather?

Beautifully crafted and with the feel of an old fashioned fairy tale, Circus Mirandus is a wonderful, imaginative story of magic and fantasy, but also the power of love and friendship.

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