Worlds Afire

By Paul B. Janeczko

Subjects: Circus, fiction, Fires, Circus, poetry, Reading Level-Grade 12, Fires, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 9, Connecticut, fiction, Children's poetry, Reading Level-Grade 8, Reading Level-Grade 7, Children's poetry, American, Fiction, Children's fiction, Reading Level-Grade 11, American poetry, Poetry, Reading Level-Grade 10, Circus, Juvenile poetry

Description: In this collection of eyewitness poems, the excitement and anticipation of attending the circus on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, turns to horror when a fire engulfs the circus tent, killing nearly 170 people, mostly women and children.