Perform sleights of hand to secure secrets in this interactive book where YOU decide what happens next! Packed with 22 possible endings! Choose Your Own Adventure books-the 4th bestselling children's series of all time-now include historical fiction, in which you're an actual historic spy! Kids and adults agree, these are the books that get 9- to 12-year-olds reading.
YOU are America's first famous magician, Harry Houdini, also known as "The King of Cuffs." You are known to challenge local police to defy your skills by locking you up. Reporters follow this story, and so do jealous rivals. But one follower of your magic act has a serious request: With all of your sleight of hand and intelligence, will you become a spy and collect information abroad to help the United States? Will you gain international fame? Or will you stay in the United States to perfect your tricks? Be careful, the choices YOU make might end in glory, disaster, or certain death. Recommended by teachers and librarians for educational features including: Classroom materials available upon request.Learn about Harry Houdini, renowned escape artist and friend of President Theodore Roosevelt, who some historians theorize was a spy!Delineate fact from fiction with back matter that teaches you the true story that inspired the book.
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