{"product_id":"mirette-on-the-high-wire-9780399221309","title":"Mirette on the High Wire","description":"One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau- a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Mirette doesn't know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini- master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmily Arnold McCully's sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris and into an elegant, beautiful world of acrobats, jugglers, mimes, actors, and one gallant, resourceful little girl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399221309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.32h x 8.22w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Caldecott Medal - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/1992 pg. 609\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1993 pg. 1326\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1992 pg. 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1992 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e6335 \/ Mirette on the High Wire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Lower Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Emily Arnold McCully","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637042671772,"sku":"9780399221309","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ef0c557e-b577-427a-af17-a765aed46c6f.jpg?v=1603843729","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mirette-on-the-high-wire-9780399221309","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}