Age
10-13
Grade
5-8
Sid Fleischman
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini
MP3 CD
(Blackstone Audio, Inc. May 30, 2017)
, Unabridged MP3CD edition
[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!
[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!
- ISBN
- 1538460734 / 9781538460733
- Weight
- 2.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 5.5 in.
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