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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 6–8—In this tour de force set in 1939, Portia Remini, 13, burdened with guilt over the death of her friend, escapes on a stolen bicycle from the McGreavey Home for Wayward Girls to search for her father. Believing Max departed their Gypsy camp to follow the circus, she joins a carnival and finds a family of sorts in Mosco's Traveling Wonder Show. She shares a trailer with Violet, a restless teenager whose parents and brother are albinos; trains for the ballyhoo under Jackal, who lures spectators to the sideshow of "freaks"; an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2012
Abandoned by her parents, fourteen-year-old Portia Remini is sent to the McGreavey Home for Wayward Girls. After her only friend kills herself, Portia, wracked with grief and guilt, runs away in hope of finding her father and escaping the clutches of the Home's evil director, Mister. She uses her storytelling ability to get a job with Mosco's Traveling Wonder Show and soon befriends the performers, both "normals" and "freaks." Portia must unco...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
After her only friend kills herself, fourteen-year-old Portia runs away from the McGreavey Home for Wayward Girls and uses her...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
