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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Deborah NoyesPublisher: Candlewick Press,U.S. Imprint: Candlewick Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 14.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.442kg ISBN: 9780763659813ISBN 10: 0763659819 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 10 March 2020 Recommended Age: From 14 years Audience: Young adult , Teenage / Young adult Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsIn these eleven cumulative fictional short stories...Noyes focuses instead on those within the gravitational pull of his American Museum, and how the force that was Barnum affected the trajectory of their lives...Noyes indulges in her own touch of flim-flammery. --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) The author uses historical facts combined with her own imagination to show readers that while Barnum did make some of his exhibits rich and famous, deep down he was a shyster who preyed on a gullible population in the name of entertainment. ...with real photos and a historical facts included, this book may make a nice addition to larger public library collections. --School Library Connection Proceeding chronologically from 1842 to Barnum's death in 1891, this collection of 11 intertwined stories from Noyes (Tooth & Claw) imagines the inner lives of real people from the Barnum family and business, with the ambitious, exploitative P.T. Barnum serving as a decentered fulcrum...these stories vividly engage with their period images ( her knuckles... were the color of new cream ), providing a picture of what life with Barnum might have been like: We are all his creatures. --Publishers Weekly Online An entertaining, absorbing look at the prominent figures in Barnum's life that will appeal to his fans and history buffs in general. Recommended. --School Library Journal The author uses historical facts combined with her own imagination to show readers that while Barnum did make some of his exhibits rich and famous, deep down he was a shyster who preyed on a gullible population in the name of entertainment. ...with real photos and a historical facts included, this book may make a nice addition to larger public library collections. --School Library Connection Author InformationDeborah Noyes is the author of numerous books for children and adults, including the young adult short story collection The Ghosts of Kerfol and the young adult novel Plague in the Mirror. She lives in western Massachusetts. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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