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Harry Houdini / Katherine Factor ; illustrated by Eoin Coveney.
You are America's first celebrity superhero, Harry Houdini, "The King of Cuffs." You have enchanted audiences across the United States with your death-defying live escapes. Harry Houdini, become a spy to learn information abroad and help the United States?
Record details
- ISBN: 1937133362 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781937133368 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 130 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Publisher: Waitsfield, Vermont : Chooseco LLC, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | At head of title: Spies. "Based on a true story"--Cover. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 10.99 |
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| Subject: | Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926 > Juvenile fiction. Escape artists > United States > Juvenile fiction. Magicians > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Spy stories. Adventure fiction. Plot-your-own stories. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | J FIC Facto | 31681020170882 | JFIC | Available | - |
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In 1899, the head of the Secret Service recruits illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini to use his special skills as a spy for the United States in Europe, in a book where the reader determines his fate. - Chooseco Llc
Choose Your Own Adventure SPIES: Harry Houdini by Katherine Factor puts YOU in the shoes of America's first famous magician, Harry Houdini, also known as "The King of Cuffs." 9-12 year old readers will enchant audiences across the United States with death-defying stunts, live escapes, and thrilling face-offs with local police. Choose Your Own Adventure SPIES: Harry Houdini is an interactive adventure book in which YOU decide what happens next. You are a famous magician. You are known to challenge local police to defy your skills by locking you up. Reporters follow this story, and so do jealous rivals. But one follower of your magic act has a serious request: with all of your sleight of hand and intelligence, will you, Harry Houdini, the famous magician, become a spy to learn information abroad and help the United States? - Random House, Inc.
Perform sleights of hand to secure secrets in this interactive book where YOU decide what happens next! Packed with 22 possible endings!
Choose Your Own Adventure booksâthe 4th bestselling childrenâs series of all timeânow include historical fiction, in which youâre an actual historic spy! Kids and adults agree, these are the books that get 9- to 12-year-olds reading.
YOU are America's first famous magician, Harry Houdini, also known as "The King of Cuffs." You are known to challenge local police to defy your skills by locking you up. Reporters follow this story, and so do jealous rivals. But one follower of your magic act has a serious request: With all of your sleight of hand and intelligence, will you become a spy and collect information abroad to help the United States? Will you gain international fame? Or will you stay in the United States to perfect your tricks? Be careful, the choices YOU make might end in glory, disaster, or certain death.
Recommended by teachers and librarians for educational features including:
- Classroom materials available upon request.
- Learn about Harry Houdini, renowned escape artist and friend of President Theodore Roosevelt, who some historians theorize was a spy!
- Delineate fact from fiction with back matter that teaches you the true story that inspired the book.
