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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Selling her corn fritters at a carnival, Deputy Donut Cafe owner Emily Westhill faces off against a murderer who doesn't play fair... Emily and her assistant, Nina, are looking forward to manning the Deputy Donut tent at the Faker's Dozen Carnival in Fallingbrook, Wisconsin--a festival held on Friday the thirteenth to celebrate good and bad luck. But Emily has barely dropped the corn fritters in oil when bad luck boils up. First, their bucket of confectioner's...
3) Joyland
Author
Publisher
Titan
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 9
Publisher
Harper Children's Audio
Pub. Date
p2003
Language
English
Description
On the run as suspected murderers, the unlucky Baudelaire orphans find themselves trapped in the Caligari Carnival, where they must masquerade as freaks in order to hide from the evil Count Olaf.
Author
Series
Junie B. Jones series volume 5
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
Junie, a spunky, sometimes exasperating, kindergartener, looks forward to winning lots of prizes at the school carnival, but a fruit cake was not exactly what she had in mind.
6) Empty smiles
Author
Series
Small spaces quartet volume 4
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"When the carnival arrives in town Coco, Brian, and Phil must work together to save Ollie from the smiling man"--
Author
Series
Mr. Lemoncello's library volume Prequel
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
Everybody starts somewhere, and once upon a time Luigi Lemoncello was a twelve-year-old boy in a large family who dreamed of being a showman; he gets his first chance working for a famous barker at a summer carnival where a mysterious puzzle leads him and his friends on a treasure hunt.
Author
Series
Magic misfits volume 1
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
Author
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
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A young veteran of the US Army, River Roulet is struggling to shake the horrors of his past. War is behind him, but the memories remain. Desperate to distract himself from the images haunting him daily, River abandons the world he knows and flees to the country he's always dreamed of visiting: Brazil. Rio de Janeiro is everything he hoped for and more. In the lead-up to Carnaval, the city is alight with music, energy, and life. With a few friends...
10) Geek love
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
"Here is the unforgettable story of the Binewskis, a circus-geek family whose matriarch and patriarch have bred their own exhibit of human oddities--with the help of amphetamines, arsenic, and radioisotopes."--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
In a snow-cloaked kingdom, two rival servants--one who desperately wants to win the approval of the Red Jaga and the other who hopes to escape the Black Jaga--compete for the pure heart of a prince, only to discover they might be falling for each other instead. Includes author's note.
It is Karnawał season in the snow-cloaked Kingdom of Lechija, and from now until midnight when the church bells ring an end to Devil's Tuesday time will be marked...
12) 31
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Follow five carnival workers who are kidnapped and forced to participate in a violent game. The goal of the game is to survive twelve hours against a gang of crazy killer clowns. Rob Zombie's most brutal film to date!