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21) Born of illusion
Author
Series
Born of illusion volume 1
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Set in 1920s New York City, this is the story of budding magician Anna Van Housen, who has spent her whole life playing sidekick to her faux-medium mother--and trying to hide the fact the she actually possesses the very abilities her mother fakes"--
22) The Houdini box
Author
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
Penguin Young Readers Licenses, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When Brad is too scared to spend a full night in the museum's nature exhibit, the Secret Museum sends him and his friends to meet real-life magician Harry Houdini! Can Harry help Brad overcome his fears?"--Back cover.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After years of struggling on the dime museum circuit, Harry Houdini got a break that put him on the front page of a Chicago newspaper. Soon Houdini was performing for royalty, commanding vast sums, and exploring the new power of Hollywood. At a time when spy agencies frequently co-opted amateurs, Houdini developed a relationship with a man who would later run MI-5. For the next several years, the world's most famous magician traveled to Germany and...
25) The confabulist
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the author of The Cellist of Sarajevo, an exciting new novel that uses the life and sudden death of Harry Houdini to weave a tale of magic, intrigue, and illusion. What is real and what is an illusion? Can you trust your memory to provide an accurate record of what has happened in your life? The Confabulist is a clever, entertaining, and suspenseful narrative that weaves together the rise and fall of world-famous Harry Houdini with the surprising...
27) Prince of Air
Author
Series
Treasure chest (Ann Hood) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Twins Felix and Maisie, along with their Great-Aunt Maisie and Great-Uncle Thorne, are transported back in time to Coney Island where they meet a young Harry Houdini.
28) Harry Houdini
Author
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Author
Series
Zig and Nola novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Who is Nola Brown? Nola is a mystery Nola is trouble. And Nola is supposed to be dead. Her body was found on a plane that mysteriously fell from the sky as it left a secret military base in the Alaskan wilderness. Her commanding officer verifies she's dead. The US government confirms it. But Jim "Zig" Zigarowski has just found out the truth: Nola is still alive. And on the run. Zig works at Dover Air Force Base, helping put to rest the bodies of...