TY - GEN AU - McCully, Emily Arnold TI - Mirette on the high wire SN - 9780698114432 CY - China KW - Perseverance KW - Children's Literature KW - Persistence KW - Acrobats KW - Friendship KW - Facing Fear KW - Courage N2 - Mirette was always fascinated by the strange and interesting people who stayed in her mother's boardinghouse. But no one excited her as much as Bellini, who walks the clothesline with the grace and ease of a bird. When Mirette discovers that fear has kept him from performing for years, she knows she must repay him for the kindness he has shown her -- and show him that sometimes a student can be the greatest teacher of all ER -