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001 2011049590
003 DLC
005 20120214160204.0
008 120208s2012 nyu c 000 1 eng
010 $a 2011049590
020 $a9780547752686 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $alcac$apcc
050 00 $aPZ7.F135$bBoy 2012
082 00 $a[Fic]$223
084 $aJUV001000$aJUV013050$aJUV037000$aJUV031010$aJUV039060$aJUV039130$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFagan, Cary.
245 14 $aThe boy in the box /$cby Cary Fagan.
260 $aNew York :$bClarion Books,$c2012.
263 $a1210
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aMaster Melville's Medicine Show ;$vbk. 1
520 $a""If you always feel fully and completely happy, my friends, then you do not need my drops and I will not sell them to you for any amount of money." --Master Melville Eleven-year-old juggling enthusiast Sullivan Mintz helps his family run the Stardust Home for Old People. It's not ideal: his best friend, Manny, is eighty-one years old. But life as usual turns upside down when Master Melville's Medicine Show comes to town. Sullivan's excitement at finding performers his own age dissolves into dread when he steps onstage for a magic act only to wake up imprisoned in the traveling show's caravan. As his fears subside, his questions multiply. Is his family better off without him? Would life as a juggler performing with other kids be worse than living in an old folks' home? Being kidnapped could be the best thing that ever happened to him. or decidedly not"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"A charming, humor- and heart-filled middle grade story of a misfit boy who finds an unexpected second life after being kidnapped by a colorful traveling medicine show"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 1 $aJuggling$vFiction.
650 1 $aKidnapping$vFiction.
650 1 $aMedicine shows$vFiction.
650 7 $aJUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aJUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aJUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aJUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts / Circus.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aJUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Friendship.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aJUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Runaways.$2bisacsh