TY - SER
KW - slavery
KW - riverboats
KW - orphans
KW - circus industry
KW - clowns
KW - Dan Rice (1823-1900)
KW - Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
KW - Black Americans
KW - steamboats
AU - Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
AB - “This rousing adventure set in 1852 Pittsburgh,” notes <em>Kirkus Reviews</em>, “introduces readers to Owen and Zach, two boys from a poor white family who have been abandoned into the care of an orphanage.” Owen, 13, takes off and stows away on a circus boat docked on the Allegheny River, soon heading for New Orleans. Owen finds refuge with Solomon, a circus animal keeper and ex-slave. Like Huck Finn, Owen learns maturity on the river journey with Solomon. The story returns to Pittsburgh when Owen learns that his brother has been adopted back in the Iron City.
C1 - 1852-3
C3 - Allegheny County; Ohio River; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Pittsburgh
C4 - Children’s; Historical; Adventure; Road
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - “This rousing adventure set in 1852 Pittsburgh,” notes <em>Kirkus Reviews</em>, “introduces readers to Owen and Zach, two boys from a poor white family who have been abandoned into the care of an orphanage.” Owen, 13, takes off and stows away on a circus boat docked on the Allegheny River, soon heading for New Orleans. Owen finds refuge with Solomon, a circus animal keeper and ex-slave. Like Huck Finn, Owen learns maturity on the river journey with Solomon. The story returns to Pittsburgh when Owen learns that his brother has been adopted back in the Iron City.
PB - Bloomsbury Children's Books
PP - New York
PY - 2008
RN - Tracie Vaughn Zimmer (1969— ) earned degrees at Ohio State and Miami University of Ohio. A teacher and writer of children's books, she lives in Cincinnati.
EP - 198 p.
TI - The Floating Circus
ER -