In 1896, fourteen-year-old "giant" Fern "Babe" Killingsworth joins a travelling carnival where she befriends a dwarf and some animals, with whom she escapes the clutches of a corrupt businessman.
year: 2019
call number/section: 1000
subjects: stature, juvenile fiction, dwarfs (persons), freak shows, size, fiction, united states, history, 1865-1898, juvenile fiction, fiction, historical fiction