![]() ![]() Literary elements at work in the story: There is a touch of magic in Cassie Beasley’s prose. ![]() The miracle proves to be something quite different from what Micah expected. Micah with the help of his skeptical school friend, Jenny, finds the Circus, experiences its wonders, and finally brings the Lightbender to Grandpa Ephraim’s bedside. Ephraim as a boy had missed his chance to tie magic knots at the circus because of a bad choice that he made he wants that chance for Micah. Two stories- Ephraim at Circus Mirandus and Micah at Circus Mirandus- are told alternately. Micah realizes now that Circus Mirandus is real, that the the Lightbender can save his grandfather, and that he must find the circus. Then Grandpa Ephraim shows him a letter that he has written to The Man Who Bends Light (Lightbender) at Circus Mirandus asking for the miracle that had once been promised him there. Micah loves the stories of Circus Mirandus, a magical place that Grandpa Ephraim once visited, a place that seems almost real. Aunt Gertrudis, Ephraim Tuttle’s sister, has come from Arizona to take care of things while he is sick and to protect Micah from the foolish stories he tells about Circus Mirandus. Summary: Micah Tuttle feels like he is doing nothing but trying these days-trying to get along with his Aunt Gertrudis, trying to help his Grandpa Ephraim who is dying, trying to complete a school project so that he won’t let his partner, Jenny Mendoza, down. ![]()
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