McCully, Emily Arnold. Mirette on the high wire / Emily Arnold McCully. - New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons : Scholastic, c1992. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm. Awarded the Caldecott Medal, 1993. Publishers Weekly 10/26/92 Booklist 11/15/92 School Library Journal 10/92 Kirkus 10/15/92 Mirette learns tightrope walking from a guest in her mother's boarding house, not knowing that he is a celebrated tightrope artist who has withdrawn from performing because of fear. 2.4 1-3 Caldecott Medal ISBN: 0399221301 LCCN: 91036324 Subjects--Topical Terms: Caldecott Medal.Fear--Fiction.Courage--Fiction.Tightrope walking--Fiction. LC Class. No.: PZ7.M478415 / Mi 1992 Dewey Class. No.: [E]