Circus Mirandus
Oh boy, did I ever love this book. It's been hitting some of the lists of new great books that I look at and I had a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble that was burning a hole in my pocket so I picked it up. We've been traveling and pretty busy, but we took a little car trip this week to Provence, which is about a 2 1/2 hour drive from my sister's house, where we are vacationing. The drive is not particularly interesting so I opened the book when we hit the highway and didn't really put it down until I was finished. I laughed, I cried, and then I put the book in my mom's hands and she finished today with the same kind of reviews. The book has a great beginning "Four small words. That was all it took to set things into motion." Isn't that awesome? How could you not keep reading? The writing in this book is terrific. Such evocative language! The characters are super interesting. The main character is a boy named Micah w...