false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213379605m/2352043.jpg 2352043 1 <div><div>Twelve-year-old Owen forgoes an orphan train that&#8217;s headed west only to find himself falling in with a completely unexpected group of misfits&#8212;circus performers on the <i>River Palace</i>. As this floating circus makes its way down the Mississippi, Owen slowly discovers that his fellow workers aren&#8217;t freaks, but loners, like he is. A brush with yellow-fever in New Orleans and a devastating storm threaten the boat and its passengers. But it&#8217;s the menace of slave catchers that poses the greatest danger of all, and will put Owen&#8217;s loyalty to a freed black man to the test. </div></div> 2358755 22 7 2008 The Floating Circus total:46|5:11|4:23|3:8|2:3|1:1| 46 178 90 24 4 2 false false Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 11:30:54 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 09:52:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Aug 08 18:49:57 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 18:50:37 -0700 2008
Twelve-year-old troublemaker Owen is so different from his little brother, Zach, that he knows Zach would stand a much greater chance of being adopted from the Orphan Train without him. When the train leaves Pittsburgh, Owen slips away and...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 18:05:45 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 18:27:44 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 07:45:58 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 08:00:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:52:43 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:56:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 21:19:04 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 18:04:04 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 13:44:50 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 13:58:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Tue Aug 12 18:04:41 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 08:56:47 -0700 2008
Owen and his brother Zach have been given up by their mother to an orphanage. After realizing that Zach has a better chance of being adopted without him, Owen puts his little brother ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 09:01:02 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 08:58:00 -0700 2008
"I shoulda listened to my brother. Right follows Zach like a shadow, but wrong wears me like a skin."

Owen and Zach, two brothers, two orphans from Pittsburgh. When we first meet Owen, he is getting ready to fall into ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 10:02:36 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 15:35:12 -0700 2009 This is tough stuff. The boy has to decide how he fits ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 08:02:08 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 08:08:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 06:31:40 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 06:31:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 31 09:01:07 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 09:03:17 -0700 2009
Enjoyed the point of view of the narrator and the development of his character.

I had no idea that there really such things as circuses on boats; very interesting and informative.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:47:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:47:56 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 10:32:35 -0800 2009 Wed May 20 08:28:05 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 16 11:14:46 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 07:02:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 07:16:38 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 07:16:38 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 13:38:17 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 14:21:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 11:55:15 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 13:07:15 -0700 2009
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