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The Magician and the Spirits
Contributor(s): Noyes, Deborah (Author)

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ISBN: 0803740182     ISBN-13: 9780803740181
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Games & Activities - Magic
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Death, Grief, Bereavement
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2016053762
Age Level: 10-UP
Grade Level: 5-UP
Lexile Measure: 1250(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.4" W x 9.2" L (0.90 lbs) 160 pages
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product
Review Citations: Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2017
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2017
Booklist 06/01/2017 pg. 82
School Library Journal 07/01/2017 pg. 108
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2017 pg. 124
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 192003
Reading Level: 8.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
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Publisher Description:
"Noyes makes history accessible and irresistible . . . Excellent."*

A century ago, the curious idea that spirits not only survive death but can be contacted on the "other side" was widespread. Psychic mediums led countless s ances, claiming to connect the grieving with their lost relations through everything from frenzied trance writing to sticky expulsions of ectoplasm.

The craze caught Harry Houdini's attention. Well-known by then as most renowned magician and escape artist, he began to investigate these spiritual phenomena. Are ghosts real? Can we communicate with them? Catch them in photographs? Or are all mediums "flim-flammers," employing tricks and illusions like Houdini himself?

Peopled with odd and fascinating characters, Houdini's gripping quest will excite readers' universal wonderment with life, death, and the possibility of the Beyond.

*School Library Journal, starred review of Ten Days a Madwoman

 
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