A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...

Although at first he plans only to exhibit the Pushmi-pullyu, John Dolittle soon becomes manager of a very special circus.

Fifth-grader Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help find a pickpocket at the circus.

When a crime wave erupts in Washington D.C., WONDER WOMAN investigates and discovers a strange connection between the cases each criminal had recently visited the circus! The AMAZON PRINCESS goes undercover under the Big Top, and she soon learns that the evil DR. PSYCHO has taken over and is brainwashing his audience into committing crimes. If WONDER WOMAN can't stop him, the Capital City will quickly become a three-ring circus.

Ralph, a very, very, nasty cat, finally sees the error of his ways--or does he?

Longing for adventure, intrepid Louise leaves her comfortable nest and goes to sea.

"Creepella is about to interview the famouse Hector Spector, who has come to Mysterious Valley with his Galloping Ghost Circus. But before she can, she has a mystery on her paws - someone is playing tricks and making messes all over Cacklefur Castle! Can she put a stop to these ghastly gags?" -- Back cover.

A little elephant uses his enormous ears to become the star of the circus.

Oliver the elephant looks elsewhere for employment after learning that the circus already has enough elephants.

Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above a small rail station, which she cleans in order to earn her keep& When Noa discovers a boxcar containing dozens of Jewish infants bound for a concentration camp, she is reminded of the child that was taken from her. And in a moment that will change the course of her life, she snatches one of the babies...