In 1939, after cruel treatment at her orphanage renders her mute, Lucy runs away and joins the circus, working with the elephants and unaware that the orphanage matrons are hunting for her.

Part one. Home for Friendless Children ; "Smartest man in Chicago" ; "No orphan borrows" ; "First sound come out" ; The smell of frying bacon ; "Firecracker smart" ; A lie they told orphans -- Part two. "Encyclopedia of the incredible" ; "The world's smallest man meets the world's largest dog" ; "You used to talk, like everybody else" ; At the bottom of the skinny gray stick of a tail ; "Ever since Mackinac picked her" ; "The one you got to worry about" ; "Our new favorite OOFO" ; Breathing lessons ; Glittering sparks of light ; "The wrongest possible side of Diavolo" ; "First-of-Mays" ; Vocabulary list ; Elephantoff ; The elephant car ; "John Robinson" ; "You're one of us" -- Part three. "He doesn't c-care ... about you" ; Orphan Eleven ; OOFOs looked out for each other ; A teakettle whistling ; The blue Ford ; Lucy Simone Sauve ; The route card ; Last train to Chicago ; Woman in red ; "Ward of the state" ; "You were always such a chatterbox" ; "From when we were little" ; Sawdust in her shoes.