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Sawdust in His Shoes (Paperback)
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Sawdust in His Shoes (Paperback)
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An outsider becomes a hero and a boy becomes a man in this classic
coming-of-age tale from the heyday of the three-ring circus, by
three-time Newbery Honor Book author Eloise Jarvis McGraw. The
circus is all young Joe Lang knows. The third generation of a
circus family, he becomes a star bareback rider by the time he
turns fifteen. But when his father, a lion-tamer, is killed by one
of his cats, Joe becomes an orphan and is sent away to a vocational
school while the law decides whether or not Mo Shapely, an old
clown, is a fit guardian for him. Meanwhile, the circus moves on.
Joe escapes from the school and stumbles into the farm life of the
Dawson family, who take him in. Mistrustful at first, Joe grows to
love farming and his foster family. Faced with prejudice as an
outsider in a closely-knit rural community, he closely guards the
secret of his past-until the day his extraordinary acrobatic talent
is called for to save a life. Joe earns respect, but there is still
circus is in his blood, sawdust in his shoes. Will he ever be happy
away from his former life with the greatest show on earth? The
debut novel of three-time Newbery winner Eloise Jarvis McGraw,
Sawdust in His Shoes is reminiscent of Ralph Moody's Little
Britches and Man of the Family, Roahl Dahl's Danny the Champion of
the World, Sid Fleischman's The Whipping Boy, and Walt Morey's Run
Far, Run Fast. Rediscover another great read-aloud treasure from
the golden age of the children's novel.
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