Janeczko, Paul B.

Worlds afire / Paul B. Janeczko. - 1st ed. - Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004. - 92 p. ; 22 cm.

Booklist Bulletin (Center for Children's books)

In this novel written as a collection of eyewitness poems, the excitement and anticipation of attending the circus on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, turns to horror when a fire engulfs the circus tent, killing nearly 180 people, mostly women and children.

4.8 Follett Library Resources 5-8

0763622354 (alk. paper)

2003055337


Fires--Connecticut--Hartford--Juvenile fiction.
Fires--Connecticut--Hartford--Fiction.
Circus--Fiction.
Fires--Hartford (Conn.)--Fiction.
Circus--Fiction.

PZ7.J2347 / Wo 2004

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