a_manning11 's review for:

Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully

4.0

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The book transports the reader to an exciting boarding house in Paris, where we meet Mirette. When a famous acrobat shows up one day, Mirette wants him to teach her how to walk on the high wire, but the artist won't - he is afraid of going onto the wire. In the end, teaching Mirette helps him overcome his own fear. Mirette is a great character, and the setting of the book is well done.

Caldecott Medal Winner 1993.