Project Gutenberg 2003-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 69 Harkness, Peter T. Andy the Acrobat Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth Reading ease score: 85.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Ginny Brewer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Andy the Acrobat" by Peter T. Harkness is a children's novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Andy Wildwood, a spirited sixteen-year-old boy full of natural acrobatic talent, who finds himself at odds with the rigid expectations of his unloving Aunt Lavinia and the confines of village life. After being expelled from school for his acrobatic antics, Andy dreams of escaping to join a circus and pursue a life filled with excitement and freedom. The opening of the book introduces Andy's troubles with the schoolmaster, Mr. Darrow, who is furious with him for repeatedly causing chaos in the classroom with his daring stunts. After a series of mishaps leads to Andy's expulsion, he reflects sorrowfully on his unkind living situation with Aunt Lavinia and wishes for a more adventurous life. As he grapples with the consequences of his actions and seeks a way out of his predicament, Andy's determination to embrace circus life becomes apparent. His acrobatic talents and adventurous spirit set the stage for a journey filled with challenges and opportunities for growth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Circus -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 340431 340309 2024-10-05T04:50:03.042815 2023-10-05T05:40:02.635493 text/html text/html 340424 340302 2024-10-05T04:50:03.324896 2023-10-05T05:40:02.826463 text/html text/html 192554 2024-10-05T04:50:10.735815 application/epub+zip 196851 2024-10-05T04:50:05.417822 application/epub+zip 196850 2024-10-05T04:50:04.055867 application/epub+zip 351307 2024-10-05T04:50:14.388763 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330698 2024-10-05T04:50:09.948841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323942 2022-09-05T07:53:29.234448 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287405 287334 2024-10-05T04:50:02.608828 2023-10-05T05:40:02.326465 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 288813 2020-12-19T20:46:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 111869 2020-12-19T20:46:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18164 2024-10-05T04:50:14.518787 application/rdf+xml 12895 2024-10-05T04:50:04.723877 image/jpeg 3524 2024-10-05T04:50:04.454839 image/jpeg 189094 2024-10-05T04:50:03.352874 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog