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Ten Original Tales of Freaks, Illusionists, and Other Matters Odd and Magical
By Noyes, Deborah
- ISBN
- 978-0-76363-752-1
- Publisher
- Candlewick
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2009
Gr 7-10 Like "The Restless Dead" (2007) and "Gothic!" (2004, both Candlewick), this is a masterpiece of 10 short stories by world-class authors. Contributors include David Almond, Annette Curtis Klause, and Vivian Vande Velde. Particularly noteworthy is Cecil Castelluccis The Bread Box, in which a teenage girl learns the secret of her elderly aunts extremely viva...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2010
As in her previous collections Gothic! (rev. 11/04) and The Restless Dead (rev. 9/07), Noyes gathers a talented corps of storytellers to explore mysterious matters. From behind the scenes with sideshow performers, these stories reveal the stranger truths the audience is never meant to see. An exotic dancer performs the tale of her mother's cursed entombment before a row of sarcophagi—which are not merely stage props ("The Mummy's Daughter," Annette Curtis Kl...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
From behind the scenes with sideshow performers, these ten stories reveal the stranger truths the audience is never meant to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
