SOLVED. YA/ Children’s Fantasy book about an orphan who works with a circus/ showbiz master. [s]

[CL]

Hello, I’ve been looking for a book that I read when I was a kid. The plot that I remembered was this: A boy was named “boy” by his boss because the boy was an orphan, the boss did have a showbiz/circus that the boy was a stagehand for. There was also a rival between the boss and a woman who was also in the same business (I think) as they were and she had a assistant too who’s name was (Sarah, I think) and Sarah was a performer or a stagehand herself, the boss and the lady did have a name but I couldn’t remember it despite the boy calling him “old man” I know it’s not Toby Tyler since the setting was a bit more darker and I distinctly remembered that the boy was named boy and the girl asked him why his boss called him that and the boy.
Also if I’m not mistaken the boy was an orphan because his parents would pull out his teeth or other small body parts when he was a baby/toddler and sell them, the setting was like old Victorian England/Elizabethan time too.

[Becca]

The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick? Were there any fantasy elements or was it realistic fiction?

[CL]

Becca wrote: "The Book of Dead Days by Marcus Sedgwick? Were there any fantasy elements or was it realistic fiction?"

THANK YOU, THAT WAS IT. I don’t know why I thought the girl was named Sarah but I knew it was a pretty name

[Kris]

Glad you found your book, CL.

"Book of Dead Days" series by Marcus Sedgwick - https://www.goodreads.com/series/5918... - Becca's find.