When the Circus Came to Town planet earth for better and worse

for better and worse

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and youth edition are also available

Little People

best-selling author of The Alchemist and Adultery

When the Circus Came to Town planet earth for better and worseIt all started with the Halibuts. Then came Elmira Degoochy the snake lady. Then the Flying Gambinis all seven of them and their mother. And Mrs. Harrison the fortune teller, and Mr. Wydel the strongman . . . These are the new residents of Springfield, the formerly peaceful Midwestern town where up to now young Ivy's life had been pretty uneventful. Ivy becomes fast friends with Alfred Halibut, who is an aspiring writer like herself and the son of a