Sideshow: Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists and Other Matters Odd and Magical (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780763637521)

Freaks, magicians, psychics, and the passing strange take center stage in ten original tales by top YA authors and graphic novelists.

Molly is a bearded girl who joins the circus, only to find that her former tormentor faces a far hairier plight. Tia claims that her lamented mom is a three-thousand-year-old mummy, but is it really an act? Cody sets out to foil a pop psychic, but the shocking result is not what he planned for. And Tiffany's grandma sees something wild in her future, but is the girl prepared for the powerful shape it will take? Whether the sideshow touts a two-headed rat or a turn-of-the-century American jargo, whether the subject discovers an odd kind of miracle or learns that the real freaks are outside the tent, these stories and graphic tales are by turns humorous and insightful, edgy and eerie, but always compulsively entertaining.

Author: Deborah Noyes, Various
ISBN-10: 0763637521
ISBN-13: 9780763637521
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Language: English
Published: 07/14/2009
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.9
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 133259 / Sideshow


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2009 pg. 38
Kirkus Review - Children 06/15/2009
School Library Journal 07/01/2009 pg. 89
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2009 pg. 570
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2009 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Library Journal Annex 04/20/2009
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2010
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average