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1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 39 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Rebecca Gibel. |
| Summary |
By her fourteenth birthday, Babe Killingsworth measures 6ʹ9ʺ and weighs 342 pounds. In 1896, what other options does a giant have but to join a carnival? Her only real talent is handling animals: "Critters is folks to me." The cheap outfit her feckless father sells her off to offers critters galore; an escape from Neal, Idaho; and a bit of fame. It also opens the doorway to exploitation and neglect. But Babe's love for Euclid (a chimp) and Jupiter (a bear) keeps her anchored, and in Professor Renoir's Collection of Oddities, Curiosities, and Delights, she is among her own kind. Enter Carlotta Jones, billed as the world's smallest girl, whose elephant act leaves much to be desired. At thirty inches tall, Carlotta is beautiful, spoiled, and demanding and has very little talent-Egypt, her elephant, dances better than she does. How can a giant like Babe and a dwarf like Carlotta ever see eye to eye? They don't at first, but soon they understand that a common enemy can bring anyone together-even a giant and a dwarf. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Carnivals -- Juvenile fiction.
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Stature -- Juvenile fiction.
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Dwarfs (Persons) -- Juvenile fiction.
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Freak shows -- Juvenile fiction.
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Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction.
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United States -- History -- 1865-1898 -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Added Author |
Gibel, Rebecca, Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9780062855633 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0062855638 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12244158 |
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