For the boy, it was the first real chance for a future... For the man, it was one last chance to triumph over his past... Opportunities like these happen only once in a Blue Moon Lewis Tully is a circus man, and he’s seen his fair share of disasters. Lewis and his preposterous group of performers have survived sabotage, biblical-scale floods and even the occasional renegade monkey. Convinced that it’s time to settle down, grow up and grow old, Lewis finds himself in an impossible predicament: go to jail or produce one last hurrah. The year is 1926, and with little money and a broken-down big top, Lewis puts out the call to his friends for one more spin in the spotlight. He assembles the most unusual band of characters this side of the midway, including a master magician down to his last tricks, a clumsy snake handler who dies--quite literally--at each performance, a gruff Russian who trains housecats and an aging camel hell-bent on vengeance. Along with Charlie, a nine-year-old orphan reluctantly in his care, Lewis embarks on a dusty odyssey across the American West. If he can just keep his last circus going, Lewis might be able to keep this peculiar family together. At turns hilarious and achingly touching, and brimming with the authentic circus lore of the 1920s, The Blue Moon Circus brings to life a carnival of wild and wondrous characters from another time, in an absolutely unforgettable place.