2017 Reading Challenge- Read a book with an animal on the cover or in the title 
 I did the bad thing of seeing the movie first and then reading the book. I wasn't surprised by any of the twists and turns and that made the reading adventure a little less. And I liked this book- it was well written and emotional and a really cool story. The circus is always such a wonderful setting for a book because of the certain magic and oddness attached to the traveling circus life. Worth the read but unfortunately I wasn't wowed by this as much as others were.