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Interest Level: PreK - Grade 3

Grade Level Equivalent: 5.3

Lexile® measure: 840L

Genre/Theme:

  • General Fiction

Topics:

  • American History
  • Theater
  • Cleverness, Creativity and Imagination
  • Understanding Self and Others

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Ten-year-old Victor has always idolized the famous magician Harry Houdini. After Houdini's death, Victor inherits a secret box from Houdini's widow with the initials E.W. engraved on it. Years later Victor discovers the true power of the box.

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