Betti on the High Wire

Lisa Railsback

Jul 2010 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Rachel Gray

About this audiobook

Ten-year-old Babo and the other leftover kids live on an abandoned circus camp in a war-torn country. Babo believes her circus-star parents will come back for her any day now, so she is not one bit happy when an American couple adopts her. She hates her new name (Betti) and is confused by everything in America. She's determined to run away.

But as Betti slowly begins to trust her new family and even makes a friend, she decides maybe she can stay just one more day. And then maybe another . . .

Betti on the High Wire is both heartbreaking and hilarious--and completely unforgettable. This brave little storyteller of a girl will wiggle her way straight into your heart.

About the author

Lisa Railsback was the recipient of James Michener Fellowship in Writing from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Jerome Fellowship in Playwriting from the Playwright's Center in Minneapolis. Her plays have been seen across the U.S. and internationally. Currently she is writing novels for young readers. Noonie's Masterpiece (Chronicle Books, 2010) and Betti on the High Wire (Dial Books/Penguin, 2010) are soon to be followed by a new book through Dial.

Lisa splits her time between Florida, Austin, and the Caribbean island of Utila, Honduras, where she works at a spay-neuter clinic for animals.