Who Was Harry Houdini?
by Tui T. Sutherland, Nancy Harrison, and John O'Brien • Part of the Who Was? Series
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2002
Word Count 11,825
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 780L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 61654, 2 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Escape artists--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | General
- Magicians
- Houdini, Harry
- United States
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926
- Escape artists
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926--Juvenile literature
- Magicians--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
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