There have been a lot of circus themed or books with circus elements to them coming out lately in the YA world. I tend to think this trend has something to do with this little title that was published a couple of years ago:
I think The Night Circus made the circus cool and marketable and put it on everyone's publishing radar. Here are some YA circus themed books:
-A traveling wonder show that travels from circus to circus to attract attendees into their human curiosities show.
-A girl joins a circus in search of her mother
-A group of misfits are trapped in a Victorian sideshow
-Features a circus of magic and a character who joins the circus and becomes its rising star.
Have you noticed any other circus themes showing up in books?
If you include side shows in that category, there's Karen Cushman's (middle grade) Will Sparrow's Road... and one of my favorite books ever is Circus Galacticus by Deva Fagan!
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DeleteI ALMOST put that one! Because as you mentioned, it has side shows in it. :)
I'm listening to The Night Circus on audio book right now. So far so good :)
ReplyDeleteJim Dale is such an amazing narrator! I listened to it on audio too but got confused by the time changes, so I stopped. I need to get back to it.
DeleteI have The Night Circus and Pantomime on my TBR list, but I'm curious to check out some of these other titles you've listed now as well!
ReplyDeleteIf you read them, let me know what you think!
DeleteI definitely noticed that the circus has become popular! Water For Elephants is the first one I remember popping up even though that is adult and not YA. I actually didn't care much for The Night Circus, but I REALLY want to read Pantomime and That Time I Joined the Circus. :)
ReplyDeleteThe only one I've read is Pantomime, but that's one of my favourite for years, so I'm definitely feeling good about circus settings! That Time I Joined The Circus looks particularly cool. :)
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