Audrey under the big top : a Hartford Circus Fire survival story / by Jessica Gunderson ; illustrated by Wendy Tan.

By:

Gunderson, Jessica [author.]

Contributor(s):

Wei, Wendy Tan Shiau [illustrator.]

Material type:

TextSeries: Publisher: North Mankato, Minnesota : Stone Arch Books, [2022]Description: 102 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781663990556
9781666330625
1663990557
1666330620

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Historical fiction.

DDC classification:

F GUN 23

LOC classification:

PZ7.G963 Au 2022

Summary: 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.

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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.