Award-winner: Author is a 3-time Newbery Honor winner. Nostalgia market: Classic literature in a classic package appeals to gift buyers and fans of childhood read-aloud titles. Northwest regional interest: Author lived in Oregon, where the story takes place.
An outsider becomes a hero and a boy becomes a man in the heyday of the three-ring circus in this classic coming-of-age tale--the debut novel of three-time Newbery Honoree McGraw.
Every character in this book is warm, true and different from the others. The language is racy with circus talk and farm talk. The action is fast, funny and often moving?. A good book for children is a good book for any age and Sawdust in His Shoes belongs in that rare category.
--The New York Times
