A fantastical novel from award-winning author Colleen Nelson, about a hundred-year-old side show and a girl with no past. Frankie doesnât trust easily. Not others and not even herself. Found in an alley when she was a child, she has no memory of who she is or why she was left there. Recurring dreams about a hundred-year-old carnival side show, a performer known as Alligator Girl, and a man named Monsieur Duval have an eerie familiarity to them. Frankie gets drawn deeper into Alligator Girlâs world and the secrets that keep the performers bound together. But a startling encounter with Monsieur Duval when sheâs awake makes Frankie wonder whatâs real and whatâs in her head. As Frankieâs and Alligator Girlâs stories unfold, Frankieâs life takes a sharp turn. Are the dreams her way of working through her trauma or is there a more sinister plan at work? And if there is, does she have the strength to fight it?
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