Secrets of the Cirque Medrano
By: Elaine Scott.
Publisher: Charlesbridge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Watertown, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781570917127
Subjects: Picasso, Pablo, -- 1881-1973 -- Fiction; Restaurants -- Fiction; Circus -- Fiction; Orphans -- Fiction; Montmartre (Paris, France) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fction; Montmartre (Paris, France) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction; Paris (France) -- History -- 1870-1940 -- Fiction; France -- History -- Third Republic, 1870-1940 -- Fiction; Europe -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.; Juvenile fction.
Description: In the Paris village of Montmartre in 1904, fourteen-year-old Brigitte works long hours in her aunt's café, serving such regular customers as the young artist Pablo Picasso, encountering Russian revolutionaries, and longing to attend the exciting nearby circus. Includes author's note on Picasso's painting, "Family of Saltimbanques."