A ballerina, twirling on a wire high above the crowd. Horses, prancing
like salsa dancers. Trapeze artists, flying like somersaulting falcons.
And magic crackling through the air. Welcome to the Cirque American!
Sixteen-year-old Jules Maroni's dream is to follow in her father's
footsteps as a high-wire walker. When her family is offered a
prestigious role in the new Cirque American, it seems that Jules and the
Amazing Maronis will finally get the spotlight they deserve. But the
presence of the Flying Garcias may derail her plans. For decades, the
two rival families have avoided each other as sworn enemies.
Jules ignores the drama and focuses on the wire, skyrocketing to fame as
the girl in a red tutu who dances across the wire at death-defying
heights. But when she discovers a peacock feather--an infamous object of
bad luck--planted on her costume, Jules nearly loses her footing. She
has no choice but to seek help from the unlikeliest of people: Remy
Garcia, son of the Garcia clan matriarch and the best trapeze artist in
the Cirque.
As more mysterious talismans believed to possess unlucky magic appear,
Jules and Remy unite to find the culprit. And if they don't figure out
what's going on soon, Jules may be the first Maroni to do the
unthinkable: fall.