The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des R ves, and it is only open at night.

But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway--a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love--a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.

True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus per-formers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.

Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 09/13/2011
ISBN: 9780385534635
Pages: 387
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.60d
Award: Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee
Award: Alex Awards - Winner
Award: Locus Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Library Journal 04/01/2011 pg. 68
Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2011 pg. 68
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2011
Publishers Weekly 05/16/2011
Booklist 05/15/2011 pg. 35
Library Journal 06/15/2011 pg. 79
Romantic Times 09/01/2011 pg. 77 - Excellent
Entertainment Weekly 09/02/2011 pg. 5
People 09/19/2011 pg. 83
Entertainment Weekly 09/23/2011 pg. 80
New York Times Book Review 10/09/2011 pg. 25
Shelf Awareness 09/13/2011
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/07/2011 pg. 24
Entertainment Weekly 11/25/2011 pg. 76
Kirkus Best Books 11/15/2011 pg. 2067
Entertainment Weekly 12/02/2011 pg. 48
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2012 pg. 10
LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2011 pg. 56
BookPage 09/01/2011

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 150034 / Night Circus
Reading Level: 6.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 20