The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum
by Candace Fleming and Ray Fenwick
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- Grade
- 5-12
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2009
Word Count 30,520
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 980L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 131627, 5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Circus owners--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Performing Arts
- Barnum, P. T
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Circus owners--United States--Biography
- Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891
- United States
- Circus owners
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 19th Century
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Commended, 2010
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Selection, 2010
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YALSA Nonfiction Award, 2010-2024
Finalist, 2010
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