A review by awishingrad
Son of the Circus: A Victorian Story by E.L. Norry

5.0

I loved this book and the insight into voices that have been so underrepresented in literature. Ted is a mixed-race boy living with his mother and older brother when their long-absent father arrives one day to take Ted off to join the circus. Terrified of horses and confused by the appearance of a father he's never known Ted is faced with adjusting to a new life, and a new way of thinking about himself.
I was so happy to read a story centering voices and lives we have, until now, read so little about. what a great and important book for school readers!