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The Magician and the Spirits

by Deborah Noyes
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“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 séances, 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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Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: August 22, 2017

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781101616895
  • File size: 43281 KB
  • Release date: August 22, 2017

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781101616895
  • File size: 43281 KB
  • Release date: August 22, 2017
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Kindle Book
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subjects

Biography & Autobiography Games History Juvenile Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:8.9
Lexile® Measure:1250
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:7-8

“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 séances, 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
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Games History Juvenile Nonfiction