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Balancing Acts

Lynne Sharon Schwartz

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Balancing Acts

by Lynne Sharon Schwartz

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Format
Paperback
Pages
224
Published
1981
Publisher
Penguin Books
ISBN
9780140119442

Description

Max Fried is 76, a former circus performer living out his days in a retirement home. When he volunteers to teach acrobatics at the local high school, he m eets Allison Markham, 13, who is waiting for her life to start. How this unlikely pair helps each other find the things they need is a charming and powerful story.
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