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That Time I Joined The Circus (2013)

by J.J. Howard(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0545433819 (ISBN13: 9780545433815)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Point

review 1: For grades 7-10, this first book by JJ Howard left me feeling pretty neutral. Howard is currently an English teacher; she can write, but her plot, characters, and action are somewhat one-dimensional and less than gripping. Lexi, "X," leaves NYC after she makes a big mistake with her best friend, her father dies, and she discovers she's penniless. X runs off to find her mother who works for a circus. Instead of finding her mother, who already has left the circus, she finds an alternative family and a new relationship. X is beginning to build a new life for herself and then her best friend, the one with whom she made the mistake, shows up on the scene. All turns out well in the end, which fits with this novel: no surprises.
review 2: For some odd reason, I... more thought that this was going to be a magical story kinda like The Night Circus but maybe with some paranormal element. So this book wasn't what I expected at all. Lexi joins an actual normal circus (as normal as a circus can be anyhow). There are elephants, trapeze artists and fire-eaters. I loved the characters. They were all so unique and full of life. I loved watching Lexi turn the oddball charcters in the circus into her family and, in all honesty, hoped she would stay with the circus forever. I also enjoyed the role that music played in the novel. I wonder if there's a playlist that I can look up/download and listen to. less

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