Genres
Publication
Bloomsbury USA Childrens (2008), Edition: 1st, 208 pages
Description
In 1850s Pittsburgh, thirteen-year-old Owen leaves his younger brother and sneaks aboard a circus housed in a riverboat, where he befriends a freed slave, learns to work with elephants, and finally comes to terms with the choices he has made in his difficult life.
Awards
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 2011)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2010-2011)
Ohioana Book Award (Finalist — Juvenile Literature — 2009)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2011)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
208
Physical description
208 p.; 8.04 inches
ISBN
1599901854 / 9781599901855
DDC/MDS
| 808.839355 |