The Winter Freak Show: A Penny Dreadful Review
A boy
called Toby escapes the cruelties of the Workhouse and nearly freezes to death
on the December streets of London. He is rescued by the proprieter of a Freak
Show so fantastical that is must be magic. Every year, the Winter Freak Show
travels the world, entertaining children and families with incredible feats.
They end their tour in London. This year, though, something is different.
Someone is kidnapping children, and suspicion falls on the freak show’s
proprietor, Nicko.
The Winter Freak Show is a fun little
Christmas adventure by Daniel Parsons. It’s an excellent choice for readers of
chapter books, though I wish it had some illustrations. Some parts of the
adventure I felt needed some elaboration, and some parts were so sweet and
poignant I almost cried.
Overall, I
would give The Winter Freak Show
three gears out of five and a round of applause. According to the cover, it is
the first in a series entitled Twisted Christmas. I would love to find out what
happens to Toby in book two!
The Winter
Freak Show is put out by the whimsically named Onion Custard Publishing and is
available in select stores and online (of course).
Your Correspondent From The Bookstore,
Penny J. Merriweather
