The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick.  NY:  Atheneum Books for Older Readers, 2008.  ISBN 978-1-4169-6878-8

By the Caldecott Medal winning author, Selznick, who loved Houdini as a child, creates a story of another boy who yearns to be like Houdini.  Victor even eventually gets to meet his hero.  Author notes inlcude biographical information, photographs, research notes and some of Selnick's early drawings for the book.

Illustrations:  Rendered in pen and ink

Themes:  Houdini, Magic

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7/17/09