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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini lives in the house where Houdini spent his final years, so he has always been interested in the famous magician, and has even learned a few simple magic tricks; he just never expected Houdini to contact him from beyond the grave--and what Houdini wants him to do could well cost Harry his own life.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter with Harry Houdini leaves a small boy in possession of a mysterious box--one that might hold the secrets to the greatest magic tricks ever performed.
Author
Publisher
Chartwell Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Based on contemporary reports and diaries and supported with historic photographs and period posters, Houdini is an intriguing biography of the world's greatest magician and escape artist. Ninety years after his death, this brings both the man and his magic back to life again for one last performance.In the early 1900s, Houdini's handcuff show was a huge sensation which toured the best venues in the USA and Europe, and when audiences demanded more,...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The 1920s are famous as the golden age of jazz and glamour, but it was also an era of fevered yearning for communion with the spirit world, after the loss of tens of millions in the First World War and the Spanish-flu epidemic. A desperate search for reunion with dead loved ones precipitated a tidal wave of self-proclaimed psychics{u2014}and, as reputable media sought stories on occult phenomena, mediums became celebrities. Against this backdrop,...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A biography of the magician, ghost chaser, aviator, and king of escape artists whose amazing feats are remembered long after his death in 1926. Profiling his early years, personal life, and great accomplishments in show business, the story of the famous magician, Harry Houdini, comes to life through a review of his greatest tricks and most amazing feats, complete with index, photos, and author's notes.
10) Harry Houdini
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Before Harry Houdini (1874 1926) became the greatest magician in the world, he was just little Ehrich Weisz, a Hungarian-born immigrant who moved to America with his family and performed stage tricks for a little extra cash. He started off with card tricks and then eventually began performing the escape acts that would make him famous. Known for his daring and death-defying illusions, he would do some of the greatest tricks ever: escaping from a...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 22
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Join Jack and Annie as they as they meet one of the world's most famous illusionists - Harry Houdini!"--
Author
Publisher
Center for Cartoon Studies
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In bold graphics, and drawing on the most respected sources, author and artist formulate a living picture of this greatest of Americans and show how time and morals shaped him and his art.
14) Spymasters
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Cahill files volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
"In 1814, redcoats burned the White House to the ground. In 1889, Harry Houdini discovered a trick that would save his life. In 1955, the U.S. launched the world's first nuclear submarine. And one family pulled the strings behind the scenes at each of these events: the Cahills--the most powerful family the world has ever known. Now the Cahills have opened their vault and dangerous secrets are pouring out. This book contains three of them--three stories...
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Harry Houdini's wife hires Irish immigrant private investigator Molly Murphy to uncover the truth behind the on-stage death of a magician's assistant in order to clear Houdini's name and find the person truly responsible for the death.
Author
Series
Audacity Jones volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Audacity Jones and her best friend, Bimmy, are on their way to New York City, with Cypher, who is now a detective in the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, and their assignment involves Harry Houdini and the illusion he is planning--and it will take all of Audie's skills, and the help of her clever cat Min, to prevent the performance from being sabotaged.
Author
Series
Young Houdini volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Young Harry Houdini's efforts to perfect his magic tricks are put on hold when his mentor, Herbie, disappears, prodding Harry and his two best friends, Arthur and Billie, to embark on a dangerous investigation that pushes their skill and their friendshipto the limits.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After millions of people died during World War I and from the 1918 influenza pandemic, the popularity of spiritualism soared. Desperate to communicate with their dead loved ones, the bereaved fell prey to extortion by fraudulent mediums and fortune-tellers. But magician Harry Houdini wasn't fooled. He recognized the scammers' methods as no more than conjurer tricks. Angered by the way people were exploited, Houdini set out to expose the ghost hoaxes....
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