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The Palace of Laughter / Jon Berkeley ; illustrated by Brandon Dorman.

Berkeley, Jon. (Author). Dorman, Brandon, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Orphaned eleven-year-old Miles Wednesday and his companion, a Song Angel named Little, are helped by a talking tiger as they set off to find a missing Storm Angel and Miles's beloved stuffed bear, ending up in a peculiar circus where the audience cannot stop laughing.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780060755072
  • ISBN: 0060755075
  • ISBN: 9780060755089
  • ISBN: 0060755083
  • Physical Description: 427 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, [2006]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Boy in a barrel -- Bag of bones -- Tiny acrobat -- Null -- Black hole -- Lady partridge -- Falling through thunder -- Silver ticket -- Council of cats -- Surly hen -- Tangerine -- Sunflower and stormcloud -- Varippuli -- Baltinglass of Araby -- Apple jelly -- Big laughing head -- Halfheads -- Boneyard -- Pigball -- Nest of ants -- Mouthful of nails -- Back to front and inside out -- Top hat and sandbag -- Silverpoint -- Box of stars -- Electric boy -- Providence -- Chief Genghis -- Fish to fry -- Many a slip -- Tin can't -- String -- Little -- Larde Weekly Herald.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.4 14 109381.
Subject:
Adventure stories > Juvenile fiction.
Circus > Juvenile fiction.
Angels > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Tiger > Juvenile fiction.
Circus > Fiction.
Angels > Fiction.
Orphans > Fiction.
Tiger > Fiction.
Genre:
Action and adventure fiction.

Available copies

  • 8 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library JUV FIC BERKELEY (Text) 36015000806527 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library JFIC BER (Text) 31111002261424 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Clemmons Branch J Berkeley, Jon (Text) 0112515418914 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Forsyth Central J Berkeley, Jon (Text) 0112515419193 Juvenile Fiction Available -
G.V. Barbee, Sr. Library J FIC BER (Text) 31420620702780 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Gunn Memorial Public Library J F BER (Text) 34621200141029 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Margaret and James Harper, Jr. Library J FIC BER (Text) 31421621076067 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Person County Library J F BER (Text) 34622001256495 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/21/2026
Yancey County Public Library JFIC BER (Text) 33333002863716 Juvenile Fiction Series Available -

Accessibility Features

Summary: Orphaned eleven-year-old Miles Wednesday and his companion, a Song Angel named Little, are helped by a talking tiger as they set off to find a missing Storm Angel and Miles's beloved stuffed bear, ending up in a peculiar circus where the audience cannot stop laughing.