• The Circus in Winter\\

• The Final Confession of Mabel Stark\\

• Metropolis \\

• The Aerialist\\

• The Blue Moon Circus\\

• Dancing to 'Almendra'\\

• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe\\

• Niagara Falls All Over Again\\

• Lost Mother \\

• 1929\\

• Arthur & George\\

Chronicles the lives of two boys--one who is forgotten by history, and one who becomes the creator of the world's most famous detective--as they pursue their separate destinies until they meet in a remarkable alliance.

Cathy Day
YF 2005
Spanning the years from 1884 to 1939, a unique novel in stories charts the long relationshipbetween the Great Porter Circus and a small town in Indiana, where circus folk and small-town inhabitants mingle in a series of long-term relationships that cross into both worlds.

A fictionalized autobiography tells about the life, loves, and adventures of Mabel Stark, the greatest female tiger trainer in circus history.

• Metropolis \\

Following a fire in P.T. Barnum's circus stable, a young German immigrant becomes caught up in New York's criminal underworld while falling in love with an Irish girl, as he becomes the target of a city-wide arson investigation.

• The Aerialist\\

A disenchanted young man, Gary signs up to be a circus hand in Venice, Florida, and discovers, much to his delight, the secret life under the "Big Top."

• The Blue Moon Circus\\

Together with a magician, a snake handler, a Russian animal tamer, and a nine-year-old orphan, ringmaster Lewis Tully tours the American West in 1926 with his circus act for one last time before settling down.

• Dancing to 'Almendra'\\

Cuban journalist Joaquin Porrata believes there is a connection between the assassination of Mafia boss Albert Anastasia and a dead hippopotamus in the Havana zoo, and Joaquin gets caught up in a fight for control of casino operations in pre-Castro Cuba.

• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe\\

Mrs. Threadgoode's tale of two high-spirited women of the 1930s, Idgie and Ruth, helps Evelyn, a woman in a sad slump of middle age, to begin to rejuvenate her own life.

• Niagara Falls All Over Again\\

During thirty years together as a famous comedy team, conniving comedian Rocky Carter and his straight man, Mose Sharp, a small-town boy from Iowa, have enjoyed a warm relationship, but when Rocky commits a desperate act of betrayal, their friendship is endangered.

• Lost Mother \\

Enduring the Great Depression from within a tent during a Vermont summer, Henry struggles to support his two young children and considers a proposition from a wealthy neighbor, who would hire the children as companions for her homebound son.

• 1929\\

A novelization of jazz artist Bix Beiderbecke's early jams at a Capone-controlled casino, grueling cross-country tours, disastrous cinematic efforts, experiences during the stock market crash, and his final musical efforts.

• Arthur & George\\

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• The Circus in Winter
  Cathy Day

Spanning the years from 1884 to 1939, a unique novel in stories charts the long relationship between the Great Porter Circus and a small town in Indiana, where circus folk and small-town inhabitants mingle in a series of long-term relationships that cross into both worlds.

• The Final Confession of Mabel Stark
  Robert Hough
  A fictionalized autobiography tells about the life,

loves, and adventures of Mabel Stark, the greatest female tiger trainer in circus history.

• Metropolis

Elizabeth Gaffney
Following a fire in P.T. Barnum's circus stable, a young German immigrant becomes caught up in New York's criminal underworld while falling in love with an Irish girl, as he becomes the target of a city-wide arson investigation.

• The Aerialist

Richard Schmitt
A disenchanted young man, Gary signs up to be a circus hand in Venice, Florida, and discovers, much to his delight, the secret life under the "Big Top."

• The Blue Moon Circus

Michael Raleigh
Together with a magician, a snake handler, a Russian animal tamer, and a nine-year-old orphan, ringmaster Lewis Tully tours the American West in 1926 with his circus act for one last time before settling down.

• Dancing to 'Almendra'

Mayra Montero ; translated by Edith Grossman
Cuban journalist Joaquin Porrata believes there is a connection between the assassination of Mafia boss Albert Anastasia and a dead hippopotamus in the Havana zoo, and Joaquin gets caught up in a fight for control of casino operations in pre-Castro Cuba.

• Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg
Mrs. Threadgoode's tale of two high-spirited women of the 1930s, Idgie and Ruth, helps Evelyn, a woman in a sad slump of middle age, to begin to rejuvenate her own life.

• Niagara Falls All Over Again

Elizabeth McCracken
During thirty years together as a famous comedy team, conniving comedian Rocky Carter and his straight man, Mose Sharp, a small-town boy from Iowa, have enjoyed a warm relationship, but when Rocky commits a desperate act of betrayal, their friendship is endangered.

• Lost Mother

by Mcgarry Morris
Enduring the Great Depression from within a tent during a Vermont summer, Henry struggles to support his two young children and considers a proposition from a wealthy neighbor, who would hire the children as companions for her homebound son.

• 1929

by Frederick Turner
A novelization of jazz artist Bix Beiderbecke's early jams at a Capone-controlled casino, grueling cross-country tours, disastrous cinematic efforts, experiences during the stock market crash, and his final musical efforts.

• Arthur & George

by Julian Barnes
Chronicles the lives of two boys--one who is forgotten by history, and one who becomes the creator of the world's most famous detective--as they pursue their separate destinies until they meet in a remarkable alliance.