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Circus Shoes

by Noel Streatfeild · 1938

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Threatened with life in separate orphanages when their aunt dies, two children run away to join their unknown uncle who is a circus clown.

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Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 272 pages

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