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High Wire

by Charles Ogden · 1950

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When a very bizarre circus comes to town in the dead of night, it brings with it caravans of strange and wonderful entertainers. Edgar and Ellen soon find kindred spirits among the fire-eaters and escape artists, but will the twins themselves join the circus as it leaves town (and avoid the wrath of Heimertz)? In this topsy-turvy world of smoke and mirrors, nothing is quite what it seems...

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fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of this
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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisgothicgothicMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 238 pages

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