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New Releases by Polly Horvath

Polly Horvath is the author of The Canning Season (2003), So ein Zirkus mit den Halibuts. (2003), Everything on a Waffle (2002), Quando il circo venne in città (2001), The Trolls (1999).

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The Canning Season

release date: May 07, 2003
The Canning Season
By turns dark and humorous, Horvath offers adolescent readers enough quirky characters and outrageous situations to leave them reeling.

So ein Zirkus mit den Halibuts.

release date: Jan 01, 2003

Everything on a Waffle

release date: Dec 01, 2002
Everything on a Waffle
Eleven-year-old Primrose living in a small fishing village in British Columbia recounts her experiences and all that she learns about human nature and the unpredictability of life in the months after her parents are lost at sea.

Quando il circo venne in città

release date: Jan 01, 2001

The Trolls

release date: Mar 30, 1999
The Trolls
Laugh-out-loud stories within a story Aunt Sally is beyond any of Melissa, Amanda, and Pee Wee''s expectations. She has come all the way from Vancouver Island, Canada, to take care of the children while their parents are away, and right from the start Aunt Sally enchants them with tales of her childhood with their father. Odd characters figure largely in the stories, like Maud, a hunter rumored to have killed eighty cougars; Great-uncle Louis, a health nut who insists everyone should gnaw on sticks for extra fiber; and Fat Little Mean Girl, the star of a cautionary tale involving witchcraft and candy. All of Aunt Sally''s reminiscences lead up to a crucial story about trolls, sinister creatures who supposedly lurked along the shore at night. The trolls had the power to change Aunt Sally''s life forever, and their legacy may change the lives of the three present-day children as well.

When the Circus Came to Town

release date: Mar 01, 1999
When the Circus Came to Town
A hilarious satire on small-town prejudice It all started with the Halibuts. Then came Elmira Degoochy the snake lady. Then the Flying Gambinis -- all seven of them and their mother. And Mrs. Harrison the fortune-teller, and Mr. Wydel the strongman . . . These are the new residents of Springfield, the formerly peaceful Midwestern town where up to now young Ivy''s life had been pretty uneventful. Ivy becomes fast friends with Alfred Halibut, who is an aspiring writer like herself and the son of a circus publicity manager. She also befriends the other circus people who have moved into town. But many of her neighbors are not feeling kindly about this invasion of strange characters. Tensions somersault into a climactic tangle at the Springfield bake-off. In the midst of hurtling pies, one voice alone can bring peace and tolerance back to the community. When the Circus Came to Town is Polly Horvath''s funniest novel to date, packed with vivid exaggeration and slapstick scenarios.

So ein Zirkus mit dem [i.e. den] Halibuts!

release date: Jul 01, 1998

No More Cornflakes

release date: Jan 01, 1993
No More Cornflakes
Hortense worries that her family is falling apart, but as she gets to know her Aunt Kate and makes a new friend, she discovers that change isn''t always bad.
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