Janeczko, Paul B.
Worlds afire / Paul B. Janeczko. - 1st pbk. ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007, c2004. - 92 p. ; 21 cm.
Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 School Library Journal starred, April 2004 Book Links (A.L.A.), May 2004 Booklist, January 2004 Horn Book, October 2004 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2004 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2004 Kirkus Review, February 2004 Library Media Connection, August 2004
In this novel written as a collection of eyewitness poems, the excitement and anticipation of attending the circus on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, turns to horror when a fire engulfs the circus tent, killing nearly 180 people, mostly women and children.
5.1 5-8 Follett Library Resources
076363400X
Fires--Hartford (Conn.)--Fiction.
Circus--Fiction.
PZ7.J2347 / Wo 2007
[Fic]
Worlds afire / Paul B. Janeczko. - 1st pbk. ed. - Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007, c2004. - 92 p. ; 21 cm.
Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005 School Library Journal starred, April 2004 Book Links (A.L.A.), May 2004 Booklist, January 2004 Horn Book, October 2004 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2004 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2004 Kirkus Review, February 2004 Library Media Connection, August 2004
In this novel written as a collection of eyewitness poems, the excitement and anticipation of attending the circus on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, turns to horror when a fire engulfs the circus tent, killing nearly 180 people, mostly women and children.
5.1 5-8 Follett Library Resources
076363400X
Fires--Hartford (Conn.)--Fiction.
Circus--Fiction.
PZ7.J2347 / Wo 2007
[Fic]