Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini, (Paperback)

from gkuhns

This book is written by a former magician, which both hurts and helps it. The magician's perspective adds layers of meaning, but the unspoken magician code means that Houdini's tricks are not revealed. No matter. Meticulous research coupled with linguistic flair and fascinating artifacts provide ...

from LeafingLight

Grades 5-9. In Sid Fleischman's hands, Harry Houdini's biography becomes a fascinating character study, an informative chronicle of history, and a very good story. In many ways, Houdini-the pseudonym and reinvented personality of Ehrich Weiss-led a life as mysterious as the various stunts he perf...

from gkuhns

This book is written by a former magician, which both hurts and helps it. The magician's perspective adds layers of meaning, but the unspoken magician code means that Houdini's tricks are not revealed. No matter. Meticulous research coupled with linguistic flair and fascinating artifacts provide ...

from ekaufman

I'm not a big fan of non-fiction as it is, but I found this book to be a slow read. The vocabulary used is above that of your average middle schooler, and I even found myself rereading passages. The way the book was written was unique in that it follows the author as he travels around researching...

from ekaufman

I'm not a big fan of non-fiction as it is, but I found this book to be a slow read. The vocabulary used is above that of your average middle schooler, and I even found myself rereading passages. The way the book was written was unique in that it follows the author as he travels around researching...