The Palace of Laughter

The Palace of Laughter

Infobox Book |
name = The Palace of Laughter


image_caption =
author = Jon Berkeley
cover_artist = Brandon Dorman (illustrator)
country = USA
language = English
series = Wednesday Tales (Book 1)
genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Julie Andrew Collection-Imprint of HarperCollins Publisher
release_date = 2006
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 464 pp (Paperback edition)
isbn = ISBN 978-0060755096 (USA paperback edition)
preceded_by = NA
followed_by = The Tiger's Egg

"The Palace of Laughter, The Wednesday Tales #1", is a novel by Jon Berkeley, published in 2006. It tells the tale of an orphan named Miles Wednesday.

Plot introduction

Throughout the story, Miles meets many new people, some evil and some good. His first new friend is a tiger, who nearly kills him. The tiger tells Miles that he can "smell the circus in him". Ironically, a new circus comes to town. Miles sneaks in, and is shocked when a small girl nearly falls into midair, but then she flies to safety, and the crowd is thrilled. Miles meets this girl, who is really a Song Angel called Little. He rescues her from the wicked circus and its evil ringmaster. Miles and Little walk and encounter many adventures as they try to find a place called "The Palace of Laughter", which they find out is really an awful place.

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This is a wonderful, humorous book about Miles and Little. They will go on an adventurous chase for The Tiger's Egg, a rare and valuable stone containing the soul of a tiger.


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