Wonder Show by Hannah Rodgers Barnaby

Wonder Show is about a circus in Moscow, and the life of each circus actor, especially Portia Remini, the female protagonist.  There is a guy who is taller than a tree and a woman who appears to be a man because of a beard, and Mister, the boss who introduces the actors.  Then there is Portia, who may seem normal, but Max, her dad, and Mister know that she is a freak inside, but she doesn’t care and moves on.  Her Aunt Sophia would say  “she  just always moves on no matter what.”
My favorite character is Aunt Sophia and my favorite part is when she chose Portia to be relocated to the McGreavy’s Home for Wayward Girls.  Sophia believed Portia was gullible to all the stuff happening in the neighborhood, but she wasn’t.  She did find the girls not matched with her style because Mister says she isn’t the “normal” human.
I give this book 5/5 stars and I would recommend this to friends because it has every element that a good story should have, but most importantly, the characterization and imagination that moves Portia.  Awesome.

Submitted by M.K.