Sunday 24 May 2020

A-Z Recommendation Y: Young Houdini


Our book recommendation for the letter Y is... Young Houdini : The Magicians Fire
# 1 of Young Houdini Series - By Simon Nicholson     Snr Fiction – Available in book format only 


Harry Houdini is a young shoeshine boy living on the streets of New York in 1886.  He entertains people with his amazing escapes – at the start of the story he chains himself to the train tracks and has to get loose before a train comes along!   

Harry has two good friends Billie, a young orphaned girl, and Artie, a very rich boy who is ignored by his father, and they perform tricks and stunts on the streets.  Harry’s friends help him to collect up the money that is thrown to him for his daring acts. 

One day their good friend Herbie, who is an old magician who is a regular performer at the neighbourhood theatre, disappears in a puff of purple smoke after his performance and they set out to find out what has happened! 

This series is loosely based on the life of the famous escapologist Harry Houdini, who lived in the USA from 1874-1926.  If you research the life of Harry Houdini you will find that he made his living doing extremely dangerous stunts/illusions.  If you would like to find out more about the life and times of Houdini, you could check out a Children’s Non-Fiction title Escape : the story of the great Houdini’ CNF 793.8 HOU. 




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