Perfect for fans of Ingrid Law, Lisa Graff and Natalie Lloyd: This book features a unique, intriguing circus setting populated with magical, colorful characters. Here is a wholesome story with a strong sense of family, perfect for lovers of stories featuring fantasy and magic. Title is lightly suspenseful but not too scary for sensitive readers. Ideal for teaching the following CCSS literacy skills: Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions). Compare and contrast the treatment of similar themes and topics (e.g.

, opposition of good and evil) and patterns of events (e.g., the quest) in stories, myths, and traditional literature from different cultures Explain major differences between poems, drama, and prose, and refer to the structural elements of poems (e.g., verse, rhythm, meter) and drama (e.g., casts of characters, settings, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions) when writing or speaking about a text.