A New York Times bestseller "A beguiling first novel"--Gregory Maguire in the New York Times "Takes readers to a marvelous place."--The Wall Street Journal
Even though his awful Great-Aunt Gertrudis doesn't approve, Micah believes in the stories his dying Grandpa Ephraim tells him of the magical Circus Mirandus: the invisible tiger guarding the gates, the beautiful flying birdwoman, and the magician more powerful than any other--the Man Who Bends Light. Finally, Grandpa Ephraim offers proof. The Circus is real. And the...
A New York Times bestseller "A beguiling first novel"--Gregory Maguire in the New York Times "Takes readers to a...