num_pages: 64
description: 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?
language: English
title: The Houdini Box
titlecomplete: The Houdini Box
characters: Harry Houdini
genres: Middle Grade, Historical, Graphic Novels, Childrens, Young Adult, Magic, Picture Books, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Juvenile
ratings_count: 1984
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Texas Bluebonnet Award
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers