The Daring Escape of the Misfit Menagerie
Title: The Daring Escape of the Misfit Menagerie
Author: Jacqueline Resnick
When Smalls and his friends are forced to join a traveling circus, they endure miserable conditions until Bertie Magnificence and Smalls devise an escape plan.
At the circus, Smalls and his friends only have slop to eat. They live in filthy, cramped cages. And they’re bullied by a rough band of trained animals called the Lifers. It’s worse than awful—it’s despicable! But then young Bertie Magnificence comes along, and he and Smalls form the kind of friendship that inspires hope. They decide that something needs to change…and fast. With the help of an acrobat named Susan, Smalls and Bertie set in motion a heroic plan.
Can a lonely boy and a misfit bear hoodwink cruel Claude and save an entire circus of captive animals?