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| the boy who loved clowns: The Man Who Loved Clowns June Rae Wood, 2005-04-21 Delrita likes being invisible. If no one notices her, then no one willnotice her uncle Punky either. Punky is a grown man with a child's mind. Delrita loves him dearly and can't stand people making fun of his Down's syndrome. But when tragedy strikes, Delrita's quiet life—and Punky's—are disrupted forever. Can she finally learn to trust others, for her own sake and Punky's? This story captures the joy and sorrow that come when we open our hearts to love. |
| the boy who loved clowns: The Most Excellent Book of how to be a Clown Catherine Perkins, 1996 Provides information on such topics as: designing costumes and makeup, preparing a routine, performing stunts, and interacting with the audience. |
| the boy who loved clowns: The Clown of God Tomie dePaola, 2018-03-06 This beautiful new edition of Tomie dePaola’s 1978 classic retelling of a French legend stars a little juggler whose unique talent leads him to what might be a Christmas miracle. Little Giovanni is poor and homeless, but he can do something wonderful: he can juggle. The people of Sorrento marvel at his talents, and before long, he becomes famous throughout Italy for his rainbow of colored balls that delight the nobility and townspeople alike. But as the years pass, Giovanni grows old, and his talents begin to fail him. No longer a celebrated performer, he is once again poor and homeless, begging for his food. Until one Christmas Eve, when Giovanni picks up his rainbow of colored balls once more. And what happens next just might be a miracle… |
| the boy who loved clowns: The Clowns of God Morris West, 2017-08-23 The Pope declares he has received a private revelation that the world is about to end, and an old friend embarks on a dangerous journey to investigate whether he's mad or whether just possibly there's truth in it. The second novel in Morris West's internationally bestselling Vatican trilogy, it is the book he regarded as his best. Pope Gregory XVII has spent a lifetime quietly serving the Church he loves-until he announces a prophecy so alarming that it threatens to tear the Vatican apart. Terrified, the Vatican cardinals imprison him in a monastery. Is he mad, as they believe, or is it all an elaborate plot? An old friend of the pope sets out on a risky quest to find out. On the way, he discovers the power of love and faith, while terrorists and politicians use every deadly and unholy means to stop him. The Clowns of God spent twenty-two weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and is the second novel in Morris West's Vatican trilogy. 'West is a skillful storyteller who knows how to build suspense into every twist of the plot.' The Christian Science Monitor 'Few writers of bestselling fiction have brought to the popular novel such acute intelligence and ethical perception.' Peter Pierce, The Australian |
| the boy who loved clowns: The Autobiography of a Clown Isaac Frederick Marcosson, 2025-03-28 Step right up for The Autobiography of a Clown, a captivating journey into the world of circus entertainment as told by Isaac Frederick Marcosson. This unique autobiography delves into the life of a clown, offering a rare glimpse behind the painted smile and into the dedication and artistry of this performing art. Explore the history of clowning and the challenges and triumphs of a life dedicated to laughter. Marcosson's work provides insight into the business and craft of making people laugh, offering a blend of biography, performance, and humor. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of the circus, the performing arts, or the enduring appeal of clowning. Discover the timeless story of a life lived under the big top. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Caring for Your Clown Book One Oleander Blume, 2021-11-17 A trans kid gets out of crappy custody arrangement with the help of an interdimensional space clown his step-father solicited to rebuild a portal to the interim of time and space. |
| the boy who loved clowns: House of Illusions Pauline Gedge, 2007-09-04 For many years, Thu has lived in exile, writing the tragic history of her life as the favourite concubine of Ramses III—and her role in the conspiracy to kill him. A young soldier, Kamen, has read her words and believes her testimony that she was not acting alone. When Kamen shows Thu’s manuscript to his general, he unknowingly sets in motion a stirring drama of revenge and punishment, miraculous disclosures, and unexpected vindication. House of Illusions is the stunning sequel to the bestselling House of Dreams, and brings Thu’s story to its surprising and dramatic conclusion. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Clown in a Cornfield Adam Cesare, 2020-08-25 Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel In Adam Cesare’s terrifying young adult debut, Quinn Maybrook finds herself caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress—that just may cost her life. Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs, to find a fresh start. But what they don’t know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. On one side are the adults, who are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and on the other are the kids, who want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out of Kettle Springs as quick as they can. Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It’s a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now. YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee |
| the boy who loved clowns: I Know This Much Is True Wally Lamb, 1999-04-06 With his stunning debut novel, She's Come Undone, Wally Lamb won the adulation of critics and readers with his mesmerizing tale of one woman's painful yet triumphant journey of self-discovery. Now, this brilliantly talented writer returns with I Know This Much Is True, a heartbreaking and poignant multigenerational saga of the reproductive bonds of destruction and the powerful force of forgiveness. A masterpiece that breathtakingly tells a story of alienation and connection, power and abuse, devastation and renewal--this novel is a contemporary retelling of an ancient Hindu myth. A proud king must confront his demons to achieve salvation. Change yourself, the myth instructs, and you will inhabit a renovated world. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Creepy Clown Vance Mellen, 2016-10-26 Creepy clowns are everywhere, sighted all over the world. They are watching YOUR children. Why?Put your best face on... The circus is coming to town!A creepy clown stares at a young boy from the woods next to his grade school. The boy tells his father. The father wants to get to the bottom of it. Who are they? What do they want? Questions he never should have asked... The answers are here. This is the terrifying story of a desperate father, a simple medicated beauty lotion, a secret clinical study at a big Pharmaceutical company north of Chicago, and how SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS changed MY life forever. Nothing will be the same again, for me OR for you. Creepy Clowns: Who are they? What do they want? The answer is as clear as the big red nose on your face. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Shalimar the Clown Salman Rushdie, 2005-09-06 “Dazzling . . . Modern thriller, Ramayan epic, courtroom drama, slapstick comedy, wartime adventure, political satire, village legend—they’re all blended here magnificently.”—The Washington Post Book World “Absorbing . . . Everywhere [Rushdie] takes us there is both love and war, in strange and terrifying combinations, painted in swaying, swirling, world-eating prose that annihilates the borders between East and West, love and hate, private lives and the history they make.”—Time This is the story of Maximilian Ophuls, America’ s counterterrorism chief, one of the makers of the modern world; his Kashmiri Muslim driver and subsequent killer, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the clown; Max’s illegitimate daughter India; and a woman who links them, whose revelation finally explains them all. It is an epic narrative that moves from California to Kashmir, France, and England, and back to California again. Along the way there are tales of princesses lured from their homes by demons, legends of kings forced to defend their kingdoms against evil. And there is always love, gained and lost, uncommonly beautiful and mortally dangerous. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post Book World, Time, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Christian Science Monitor Rocky Mountain News |
| the boy who loved clowns: Sewing for Boys Shelly Figueroa, Karen LePage, 2011-09-06 Pattern sheets included in pocket attached to p. [2] of cover. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Circus Train and the Clowns Adria Fay Klein, 2014 Circus Train carries lots of colorful clowns. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Jingle the Christmas Clown Tomie dePaola, 2021-10-05 Staying behind when their circus moves on, a young clown and a troupe of baby animals put on a special Christmas Eve show for an Italian village too poor to celebrate the holiday. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Visions of Vocation Steven Garber, 2014-01-27 Vocation is more than a job. It is our relationships and responsibilities woven into the work of God. In following our calling to seek the welfare of our world, we find that it flourishes and so do we. Garber offers here a book for parents, artists, students, public servants and businesspeople—for all who want to discover the virtue of vocation. |
| the boy who loved clowns: A Nightmare on Clown Street (Goosebumps Most Wanted #7) R. L. Stine, 2015-02-24 Goosebumps now on Disney+! Ray Gordon really likes the circus. His uncle, Theo, is a performer in Koko's Klown Academy and he invites Ray to come join him for the summer. At first, Ray's parents are reluctant-they know their son has a habit of getting himself into strange situations. But Ray manages to convince them that he'll be on his best behavior. The circus itself is very cool. The clowns stay in their makeup all day and only go by their clown names. Ray becomes a clown-in-training named Mr. Belly-Bounce. But the longer he's there, the scarier things become. There are whisperings about a place called Clown Street and nobody, including Murder the Clown, wants to go there. Will Ray be able to survive the dark secrets of the circus? |
| the boy who loved clowns: Class Clown Robert N. Munsch, 2007 Leonardo can't stop being the class clown despite his teacher's protestations. |
| the boy who loved clowns: I Hate Books! Kate Walker, 2007 Lots of people try to teach Hamish to read. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Killer Clown Terry Sullivan, Peter T. Maiken, 2023-06-27 “An unnerving true crime story of murder, terror, and justice.” —Dallas Morning News Updated with the latest DNA findings and a new foreword by Gregg Olsen! The definitive book on John Wayne Gacy, written by the prosecutor who spearheaded the investigation, arrest, and conviction of one of America's most horrific serial killers—now in trade paperback for the first time and with a new foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen. fans of “Conversations with a Killer” will be able to get a peek inside the mind of a murder who had everyone fooled. The Real Story Of John Wayne Gacy-- By The Man Who Helped Catch Him He was a model citizen. A hospital volunteer. And one of the most sadistic serial killers of all time. But few people could see the cruel monster beneath the colorful clown makeup that John Gacy wore to entertain children in his Chicago suburb. Few could imagine what lay buried beneath his house of horrors—until a teenaged boy disappeared before Christmas in 1978, leading prosecutor Terry Sullivan on the greatest manhunt of his career. Reconstructing the investigation—from records of violence in Gacy’s past and DNA evidence confirming the identities of additional victims, to the gruesome discovery of 29 corpses of abused boys in Gacy’s crawlspace and four others found in the nearby river—Sullivan’s shocking eyewitness account takes you where few true crime books ever go: inside the heart of a serial murder investigation and trial. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Look at Me, I'm a Clown! Sebastian Braun, 2012 Shares pictures of different clowns, in a text that is also a mask. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Clown Matt Shaw, 2016-02-09 *WARNING* - there is strong gore, upsetting scenes, strong language and adult themes contained within this novel. Please DO NOT buy if easily shocked, upset or offended. A new psychological horror from Matt Shaw - author of PORN, Sick Bastards, Rotting Dead F*cks and The Happy Ever After series - CLOWN tells the tale of a mild-mannered fifty year old entertainer. By day he likes nothing more than to hear the screams of children enjoying his gags and tricks at their parties but - when he gets home - his mask slips and the real monster is revealed. |
| the boy who loved clowns: The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies David Lubar, 2009-03-03 A collection of thirty-five creepy stories. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Nightmare Hour TV Tie-in Edition R.L. Stine, 2011-08-30 Enter the most terrifying place of all...the mind of R.L. Stine! The Nightmare Hour...the time when the lights fade, the real world slips into shadow, and the cold, moonlit world of evil dreams takes over your mind. What horror awaits a boy who has to spend Halloween in a darkened hospital? How do you outwit a ghost who wants your skin? What makes Nightmare Inn the most frightening place to visit? In this spine-tingling collection of stories that inspired the hit TV show R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour, bestselling author R.L. Stine spins a web of terror that will trap you in the world of nightmares. And there’s more... In Nightmare Hour, the author shares the secrets behind his twisted tales. Where did the idea for each bone-chilling story come from? |
| the boy who loved clowns: Time for Andrew Mary Downing Hahn, 2007 When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diptheria. |
| the boy who loved clowns: The Secret Life of Clowns Jeff Raz, 2017-03-04 Jeff Raz has drawn on his life's work to write a pair of fictional narratives - one following a professional clown performing with Cirque du Soleil and one following a clown student who just wants a job in a circus. It captures the sweat, the sinew and the soul of clowning. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Circus of Horrors Carole Gill, 2016-03-24 What exactly is wrong with this circus? There are demonic, flesh-eating clowns, murderous midgets, a fat lady with some peculiar tastes and an old man with one hell of a secret. Old Pa keeps a trunk with some very special souvenirs. When a stranger joins up who has second sight, among other talents, the old man's son gets nervous. There are a lot of very strange beings, not to mention a succubus or two and some beings from hell. Welcome to a wild ride to damnation. This book contains graphic violence, strong language and sex scenes. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Be a Clown! Turk Pipkin, 1989 A handbook for clownmanship, including makeup, funny faces, props, costumes, juggling, walking, and stunts. |
| the boy who loved clowns: The Girl Who Threw Butterflies Mick Cochrane, 2009 Eighth-grader Molly's ability to throw a knuckleball earns her a spot on the baseball team, which not only helps her feel connected to her recently deceased father, who loved baseball, it helps in other aspects of her life, as well. |
| the boy who loved clowns: The Bookkeeper's Skull Justin D Hill, 2022-01-18 Spine-chilling tales set in the Worlds of Warhammer. On the capital world of Potence, young enforcer cadet Rudgard Howe is caught up in a bitter internecine feud to inherit his father’s position of Chief Enforcer. As the tithe fleets approach, he is sent on his first mission to ensure that the planet’s distant agri-facilities fulfil their quotas to the God-Emperor. Farmed with serfs and managed by ex-Militarum soldiers, the agri-facilities are places of shocking brutality and hopelessness. But when he is sent to the outlying farmstead of Thorsarbour, Rudgard discovers a community where the crops are left to rot as the inhabitants indulge in the bloody ecstasy of a sanguinary cult. As Rudgard imposes the strict Lex Imperialis upon the farmstead, he begins to uncover a place where sanity is rapidly slipping. But he is just one step along this nightmarish mission when a series of cruel deaths threatens to dismantle everything he has ever known about the Imperium, his faith in the Emperor, and the strength of his very soul. |
| the boy who loved clowns: The Farmer and the Clown Marla Frazee, 2014 A nearly wordless picture book in which a farmer rescues a baby clown who has bounced off the circus train, and takes very good care of him until he can reunite the tot with his clown family. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Good-Bye to the Clown Ernest Kinoy, 2024-06 Peggy, a nine-year-old, is in trouble at school because she seems unable to distinguish between her imagination and reality, and blames her difficult behavior on a Clown, an imaginary playmate. At home, her mother becomes very upset at Peggy's insistence on the reality of the Clown, which the audience sees also. The real emotional meaning of the Clown becomes clear as Peggy slowly realizes that her father is dead...and that the Clown has been a substitute for him in her mind. With this realization, the Clown is no longer needed, and he says good-bye, never to be real to her again. |
| the boy who loved clowns: When Pigs Fly June Rae Wood, 1997-08 After struggling with the bills, her parents sell the family home and, much to Buddy's dismay, move to an old farmhouse, but the farmhouse seems to hold some special charms, and Buddy soon realizes it was the right move after all |
| the boy who loved clowns: Grimaldi, King of Clowns Richard Findlater, 1955 |
| the boy who loved clowns: Clowns Vs. Spiders Jeff Strand, 2019-09-19 Jaunty the Clown just wants to entertain families with lighthearted slapstick antics, but people think of clowns as terrifying, nightmarish creatures who hide in closets or under beds. When Jaunty, along with his fellow performers Guffaw, Wagon, Reginald The Pleasant Clown, and Bluehead are fired from the circus, they're told that the world just doesn't like clowns anymore.Still, clowns have to eat. And since these clowns don't eat children, to make ends meet they're eventually forced to take a job in a popular haunted attraction, the Mountain of Terror. Instead of charming entertainers, they're now scary clowns. A zombie clown. A demon clown. A creepy doll clown. But the town is about to discover something more frightening than clowns. Because on opening night, millions of oversized spiders emerge from a cave and begin their deadly invasion... From Bram Stoker Award-nominated author Jeff Strand comes an insane mix of shameless silliness and grisly creepy-crawly horror. Clowns Vs. Spiders. Who will win? |
| the boy who loved clowns: Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade Barthe DeClements, 2009-07-14 The award-winning national bestseller! When Elsie Edwards becomes the new girl in the fifth grade, nothing seems fair--but lots of things are fun. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Greasepaint David C Hayes, 2023-04-24 He has lots of fun in store for you! Michael is the only survivor of serial killer Reginald Bent, better known as the nationally syndicated TV star Orzo the Clown. Having his own rock band has helped Michael cope. He loses himself in the music and doesn't think of Orzo or the way the demented clown died right in front of him. Now a new DVD release of the Orzo the Clown Show brings all the memories back to the surface. It has also drawn out either Orzo himself, back from the grave, or a copycat just as insane. Anyone Michael knows is a potential victim as the crazed clown slashes his way through another three-ring circus of terror, hell bent on finishing what was started. This version contains not only the novella, but also the award-winning screenplay! |
| the boy who loved clowns: Son of Happy Cary Fagan, 2020-05 In this hilarious and charming story, a boy wishes his dad had a regular job instead of being Happy the Clown -- but when his dad announces he is going back to his old job of being a lawyer, the boy soon realizes that he misses Happy! |
| the boy who loved clowns: Kreepy Klowns of Kalamazoo Johnathan Rand, 2006 Something is very odd about the clowns in the carnival visiting Kalamazoo. |
| the boy who loved clowns: Childhood Fears Jg Faherty, J. H. Moncrieff, Christine Hayton, 2015-10-06 I've known JG Faherty since he was an up-and-comer. Now he's arrived. Start reading him now-as in TODAY-so you won't have to play catch-up later. -F. Paul Wilson, author of the bestselling Repairman Jack series Every horror novella should read like this, a non-stop thrill ride that amps up the terror with each chapter. -Russell James, author of Q Island, on The Bear Who Wouldn't Leave Four original novellas to make you hide under the covers! Ah, the carefree, sunny days of childhood. And oh, the terrifying, dark nights. Nights when you closed your eyes tight, afraid to open them and see the painted, eternally leering face of a clown mere inches from your own. Nights when you could look out your bedroom window and watch the scarecrows walk across the lonely cornfields. When every story or fairytale your parents told you seemed to include monsters. And when even the teddy bear by your side had fangs and plans of his own. Travel back to those nights of horror now with four original novellas by four wonderfully macabre authors. And...sleep tight! |
| the boy who loved clowns: Cirque Act 1 Ashleigh Giannoccaro, 2016-09-13 A boy looked in a window, to see a naughty show Through the pane of pain, the master clown did blow The circus is a holy tent, the keeper of my rhyme Where I forged my chains, creating this pantomime Pretending to be normal, I wait until after dark Then I paint the frown on, get a whore from the park At the bottom of that bed was a darling in a chest She watched with big eyes, horror hooking her from rest She dances for the maniac, twirling on her strings I will make her mine, sharing damaged things I will be her riddle, she will help me grin So why does she run away, she has to let me in No one loves the clown, not even the midget We've gone too far, she will know my secret Love can break the hardest mask, I know this to be true Nightmares have hearts too, I only needed you |
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to show or prove who is brave, skilful, etc. and who is not. Definition of boy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, …
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