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A dazzling, high-octane read filled with death-defying acrobatics, circus crowds with an appetite for disaster, and two forbidden teenage lovers trying to escape the shackles of their very different lives. Set in a near-future England where the poorest people in the land must watch their children be taken by a travelling circus - to perform at the mercy of hungry lions, sabotaged high wires and a demonic ringmaster. The ruling class visit the circus as an escape from their structured, high-achieving lives - pure entertainment with a bloodthirsty edge. Ben, the teenage son of a draconian government minister, visits the circus for the first time and falls instantly in love with Hoshiko, a young performer. They come from harshly different worlds - but must join together to escape the circus and put an end to its brutal sport.
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Show Stopper, Hayley Barker
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- Show Stopper
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Hayley Barker
- Publisher
- Scholastic
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 418
- ISBN10
- 1407179675
- ISBN13
- 9781407179674
- Series
- Show Stopper
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Fantasy, Dystopia, Race, Racism, Circus
- First published
- 2017
- Original title
- Show Stopper
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- A dazzling, high-octane read filled with death-defying acrobatics, circus crowds with an appetite for disaster, and two forbidden teenage lovers trying to escape the shackles of their very different lives. Set in a near-future England where the poorest people in the land must watch their children be taken by a travelling circus - to perform at the mercy of hungry lions, sabotaged high wires and a demonic ringmaster. The ruling class visit the circus as an escape from their structured, high-achieving lives - pure entertainment with a bloodthirsty edge. Ben, the teenage son of a draconian government minister, visits the circus for the first time and falls instantly in love with Hoshiko, a young performer. They come from harshly different worlds - but must join together to escape the circus and put an end to its brutal sport.