Watch Out for Flying Kids! by Cynthia Levinson

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How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community

The author of We’ve Got a Job explores the world of social circus-a movement that brings kids from different worlds together to perform remarkable acts on a professional level. Levinson follows the participants of two specific circuses that also work together periodically: Circus Harmony, in St. Louis, whose participants are inner-city and suburban kids, and Circus Galilee in Israel, whose participants and Jews and Arabs. As the kids’ relationships evolve over time, the members learn how to overcome assumptions, animosity, and obstacles both physical and personal.