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224 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780375703737
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 01 January 1999
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Eight-year-old Horty Bluett has never known love. His adoptive parents are violent; his classmates are cruel. So he runs away from home and joins a carnival. Performing alongside the fireaters, snakemen and "little people," Horty is accepted. But ...
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224 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780375703737
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 01 January 1999
Description
Eight-year-old Horty Bluett has never known love. His adoptive parents are violent; his classmates are cruel. So he runs away from home and joins a carnival. Performing alongside the fireaters, snakemen and "little people," Horty is accepted. But ...