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Big Top Burning: The True Story of an Arsonist, a Missing Girl, and the Greatest Show On Earth
By WOOLLETT, Laura A.
- ISBN
- 9781613731147
- Publisher
- Chicago Review
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2015 | Middle to High school
Gr 5–8—The Hartford, CT, circus fire of 1944 is still infamous locally for killing 167 people and injuring more in only 10 minutes. Woollett's retelling of the event is interspersed with thought-provoking questions designed to encourage readers to ponder the gaps in our knowledge about...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
In 1944, a fire broke out at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Hartford, Connecticut, killing 167 people i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
