Gunderson, Jessica, <br/><br/>
Audrey under the big top :  a Hartford Circus Fire survival story / 
by Jessica Gunderson ; illustrated by Wendy Tan. 
 - 102 pages :  illustrations ;  20 cm. 
 - Girls survive .
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 3-6  540L  Lexile  4.3 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781663990556 9781666330625 1663990557 1666330620 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hartford Circus Fire, Hartford, Conn., 1944--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Fires--History--Connecticut--Hartford--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Circus--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Survival--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Sisters--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Twins--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Circus--Fiction.<br/>Survival--Fiction.<br/>Sisters--Fiction.<br/>Twins--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.G963  / Au 2022 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>F GUN