Title: When the circus came to town
Description: Draw from actual events from early twentieth-century Montana, a heartwarming story follows Ursula,who,due to the scars on her face,refuses to leave the house until she summons the courage,with the help of Chinese cook Ah Sam, to venture outside, and learns that inner beauty is much more more important than outward appearance.
Subjects: Chinese Americans, Chinese New Year, Circus, Fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, History, Self-esteem, Smallpox, Self-esteem -- Fiction., Children's fiction, Self-esteem, fiction, Frontier and pioneer life, fiction, Montana, fiction, Chinese americans, fiction
Places: Montana
People: Ursula, Ah Sam