by Paul B. Janeczko Candlewick 2004 A circus tent. A catastrophic fire. The voices of those who were there, victim and witness, their stories in verse. On the afternoon of July 6, 1944 a fire broke out at the Ringling Brother's Circus while in performance in Hartford, Connecticut. The tent canvas had been waterproofed with paraffin and gasoline, a combination that turned the entire
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by Pete Hautman Simon & Schuster 2004 A teen boy questions religion by playfully inventing one of his own based on a water tower, but things get out of hand as everyone who participates views the new religion differently. This is a book I've started several times over the last three years and only now finally managed to read it straight through. It's no fault of the book or its author, I've
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