Circus of Shadows (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781462141531)

When seventeen-year-old Gracie Hart gets caught stealing a ride on a circus train, she expects to be arrested. Instead, she is offered a job as the assistant to the circus magician and knife-thrower, Jack. Heﾔ Ωs charismatic and genteel but his aim isnﾔ Ωt perfectﾔ Ωhence the position opening. Once Gracie starts performing with Jack, she begins finding threatening notes hidden in her costume. At first she thinks sheﾔ Ωs being haunted by the ghost of the last assistant, but Gracie soon realizes sheﾔ Ωs the one trying to warn herself: sheﾔ Ωs next. Every time Gracie steps inside the magicianﾔ Ωs vanishing closet, she is transported from the late nineteenth century to Knossos, a flying fortress with the technology to turn people into gemstones. While there, she discovers the last assistantﾔ Ωs death wasnﾔ Ωt an accident, and that Knossosﾔ Ωs dubious ruler may have a hidden agenda of her own. Unfortunately, Gracie forgets everything whenever she steps back through the closet. Gracie suspects Jack and his identical twin know something about her reoccurring dﾔ Ωjﾔ Ω vu and the cryptic notes, but sheﾔ Ωs not sure which brother she can confide in. She has several reasons not to trust either, and even more cause to believe one of them holds the answer she needs to save herself from insanity. Too bad for Gracie, there seems no definite way to tell them apart. A second death on the circus lot makes one thing clear: if Gracie canﾔ Ωt figure out the mysteries under the big top, her next venue might be the afterlife.

Author: Kimberlee Turley
ISBN-10: 1462141536
ISBN-13: 9781462141531
Publisher: Sweetwater Books
Language: English
Published: 05/10/2022
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.30w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2022