Orphaned circus bareback rider Joe Lang lands on a farm, torn between sawdust and soil in this classic coming-of-age tale.
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Orphaned circus bareback rider Joe Lang lands on a farm, torn between sawdust and soil in this classic coming-of-age tale.
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McGraw, Eloise Jarvis. Sawdust in his shoes, 1950. From the Bulletin of the Centre for Children's Books: "Fifteen-year-old Joe Lang had known nothing but circus life until the night his father was killed by a lion and the law stepped in to find a suitable guardian for him. Running away from the industrial school where he was placed pending the court's decision, Joe landed at Pop Dawson's farm with a badly cut leg and a distrust for all "gillies". The contrast between circus life and farm life is...
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Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Parent killed by lion; leg injury and circus peril without graphic detail
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No strong language present
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Outsider acceptance themes; circus life versus settled community
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Orphan flees industrial school; tragic animal-related parent death
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