num_pages: 224
description: For use in schools and libraries only. Living with his mother in a small village on the edge of the suburbs, shy, often inarticulate, Joe Maloney frequently dreams of a beautiful, elusive tiger whose significance begins to be clear after he befriends a young trapeze artist who comes to town with a shabby traveling circus.
language: English
title: Secret Heart
titlecomplete: Secret Heart
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Animals, Mystery, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Novels, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 369
publisher: Turtleback Books