Hidden on the high wire
TitleHidden on the high wire
Author
Call numberJ813.54/087
Object number11519
Place of publicationToronto, Ontario, Canada
PublisherSecond Story Press
Year of publication
2022
Physical description258p.
MaterialBook
ISBN9781772602524
Description
Story about Irene who grew up traveling around Germany with her family's circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with her performance on the high wire...until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of Adolf Hitler's Nazis has put them all in grave danger.
When the circus is forced to shut down and Irene's father is taken away, Irene and her mother must go into hiding with another circus. Every day is a frightening new kind of balancing act, caught between the desire to perform and the need to hide--even in plain sight