Books with author Bill Fleischman

Enemies at first sightOrphaned Bo Gamage has nowhere to go. So he ends up in the old Queen of Sheba Hotel in a ghost town in the middle of the desert. It's dry and bare and -- worst of all -- the only other kid there is his awful cousin Madeleine, who calls herself Mzzz Mad. Soon, they're caught up in a battle for a missing map, the mystery of the tattooed head, and the search for the old Pegleg Smith gold mine. Then Bo and Mzzz Mad find themselves in deadly danger and handcuffed -- together!

Jemmy, once a poor boy living on the streets, now lives in a castle. As the whipping boy, he bears the punishment when Prince Brat misbehaves, for it is forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the throne. The two boys have nothing in common and even less reason to like one another. But when they find themselves taken hostage after running away, they are left with no choice but to trust each other.

One night The Great Freddie, a young ventriloquist, is possessed by a dybbuk. A what? A Jewish spirit. A scrappy demon who glows as if spray-painted by moonlight. The dybbuk is revealed to be the ghost of a twelve-year-old boy named Avrom Amos, a victim of the Nazis during World War II. In a plucky scheme to seek revenge, he commandeers The Great Freddie's stage act and entraps the entertainer in the postwar ashes of Germany. Behind the footlights, the dybbuk lights up the terrible fate of a million and a half Jewish children, including Avrom himself. What tricks does the dybbuk have up his ghostly sleeve? Prepare to be astonished. . . .

Annyrose is a young girl imprisoned in an old, dirty barn by the horrible hag, O.O. Mary. When a band of outlaws approaches, and the hag flees, Annyrose finds a way to escape. She begins a quest to find her missing brother in gold-digging territory and quickly finds herself surrounded by rough landscapes and even rougher characters. She finally comes face-to-face with the legendary bandit, Joaqu'n Murieta. But instead of an enemy, Annyrose finds a friend in Joaqu'n. With humor, and an important message about the value new friendships, Bandit's Moon is an incredible journey through the Wild West. Sid Fleischman is the Newbery Award-winning author of The Whipping Boy and The Ghost in the Noonday Sun. Bandit's Moon features an exceptional reading by narrator Julia Gibson.

[Children's Nonfiction (Ages 8-12)] [Read by Taylor Mali and *the author - Sid Fleischman - who reads the preface and last chapter] Harry Houdini, born Ehrich Weiss, never did anything by half measure. Once he decided to become a magician, he became the King of Cards, the Prince of Air, the Genius of Escape, and Professor H. Houdini. And why not? He could walk through walls, defeat any lock, make elephants disappear with the snap of his fingers, and pick up needles with his eyelids! Or could he? Fact or fiction? Legend or liar? We will never know for sure. But here in all its riveting glory is Sid Fleischman's witty and insightful biography of magic's greatest showman, daredevil, and escape artist ever -- the Great Houdini!