Book 2004
Worlds afire
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- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Children's poetry, American
- Circus -- Poetry
- American poetry
In this 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 170 people, mostly women and children.