'' Wonder Show '' is the 2012 young adult debut novel of American writer Hannah Barnaby . The book was first published on 20 March 2012 in hardback and e-book formats , and was subsequently released in paperback on 8 October 2013 . The work was a finalist for the 2013 William C. Morris Award . The book is set in the late 1930s and is told from multiple points of view , but primarily follows a young teen that decides to join a circus in hopes of finding her long missing father
William C. Morris Award
William C. Morris Award
Wonder Show