Circus Mirandus
by Cassie Beasley
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Science Fiction / Fantasy
Year Published 2015
Word Count 57,735
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 710L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 174524, 9 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Magic--Fiction
- Great aunts
- Orphans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
- Sick
- Grandfathers--Fiction
- Orphans
- Magic
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Grandfathers
- Sick--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Circus
- Great aunts--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Circus
- Circus--Fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Friendship
- Lists With This Book
- Intergeneration Month
Our Original Resources 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 6
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Educator's Guide from Penguin Classroom
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Discussion Guide from Vermont Department of Libraries
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Activity Guide from Texas Bluebonnet Award 2017
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Reader's Theater Script from Bound to Stay Bound
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Book Readings 2

Video Book Reading narrated by various narrators
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Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Bronson Pinchot
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Book Trailers 1

Video Book Trailer from Texas Bluebonnet Award
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Vocabulary Lists 1

Word lists, definitions, and example sentences
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Book & Adaptation Websites 1
Awards & Distinctions 4

Charlotte Huck Award, 2015-2023
Commended, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Audiobooks Selection, 2016

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, 1971-2023
Finalist, 2016

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Middle Selection, 2015
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