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Who Was Harry Houdini?

by Tui Sutherland
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Every kid has heard of Harry Houdini, the famous magician who could escape from handcuffs, jail cells, and locked trunks. But do they know that the ever-ambitious and adventurous Houdini was also a famous movie star and the first pilot to fly a plane in Australia? This well-told biography is full of the details of Houdini's life that kids will really want to know about and illustrated throughout with beautiful black-and-white line drawings.
Illustrated by John O'Brien.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Who Was?

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    March 19, 2012

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

      • ISBN: 9781101640586

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9781101640050

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9781101640050
      • File size: 2751 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 5.8
    • Lexile® Measure: 780
    • Interest Level: 4-8(MG)
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2003
      These short, illustrated books capture the lives of famous individuals with accessible prose. Each book spends considerable time explaining the childhood experiences of its subject and manages to give readers a sense of the individual's personality and motives. All but "Tallchief" and "Houdini" have bibliographies. Timeline. [Review covers these Who Was? titles: "Who Is Maria Tallchief?, Who Was Amelia Earhart?, Who Was Harriet Tubman?, Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?, " and "Who Was Harry Houdini?". ]

      (Copyright 2003 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:5.8
  • Lexile® Measure:780
  • Interest Level:4-8(MG)
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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