When choosing The Circus, I had already noted both the short length, and the fact that it was labeled as number 1 in the Choose Your Own Adventure series. This was fairly unusual, since most of the other Choose Your Own Adventure books were longer, and the Abominable Snowman is usually labeled as first. The reasons for both of these became apparent as soon as I began reading the text. The Circus is apparently the first in a separate line of Choose Your Own Adventure books from the main line—one aimed at an even younger audience than the main line, which is already marketed towards young children. As such, the material within is even more family-friendly, the text is even larger, and there is far less content.

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