Henrietta Hornbuckle's Cirucus of Life by Michael de Guzman 152 pages

An unusual circus tale about an unconventional family. Henrietta is perfectly content with her life as a clown in the circus. It is all she has ever known. Her parents, teachers and friends are all clowns until one horrible day. They were walking home from dinner when a car hits and instantaneously kills her father and alters her life. Her mother contacts a sister that she had broken contact with. She decides to close the circus, although Henrietta pleads for one last performance in memory of her dad in New York City.