The Houdini Box -- Brian Selznick, Paperback

Victor is forever trying to escape from locked trunks, walk through walls, and perform any number of Houdini's astonishing magic tricks...without success. Then -- amazingly -- he actually meets his idol, and begs Houdini to explain himself. A mysterious locked box is the magician's only answer, and Victor is left to wonder: Does the box contain the secrets to the most famous magic tricks ever performed?

Author: Brian Selznick
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/01/2001
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 9.53h x 6.78w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9780689844515
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 5906 / Houdini Box


Review Citation(s):
PW Notes and Reprints 09/10/2001 pg. 94
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2001 pg. 78 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

About the Author
Brian Selznick is the author and illustrator of the bestselling The Invention of Hugo Cabret, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal and was a National Book Award finalist. He is also the illustrator of many books for children, including Frindle and Lunch Money by Andrew Clements, as well as the Doll People trilogy by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, which was a Caldecott Honor Book. Mr. Selznick divides his time between Brooklyn, New York, and San Diego, California.