Violette Around the World 1

A 12-year-old girl travels the globe with her parents' circus, havingadventures and learning to appreciate the joys of beingdifferent."My name is Violette Vermeer: Dutch father, Frenchmother...citizen of the world! My house has a thousand rooms...one for everyplace we've passed through!"Her name is [...]
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A 12-year-old girl travels the globe with her parents' circus, havingadventures and learning to appreciate the joys of beingdifferent."My name is Violette Vermeer: Dutch father, Frenchmother...citizen of the world! My house has a thousand rooms...one for everyplace we've passed through!"Her name is Violette, like theflower in the spring, like the seventh color of the rainbow. She lives with theCircus of the Moon, where her mother is the stuntwoman and her father is theinsect tamer. At the end of the 19th-century, Violette is a curious, happy12-year-old who is fascinated by the beauty of the world around her: music,painting, drawing, nature, and much more. She shares adventures with her friendSamir (a budding trapeze artist), her unusual animal friends, and herfather's trained insects!This, the first of three books, takesplace in Paris, where Violette has to balance her time between the freedom ofthe circus and her homework at school. But Paris is the city of beauty and art,and soon she will make an encounter with a very special person!