1. The Houdini Box by Brian Selznick

3. Summary Young Victor wants to be a magician like his hero, famed escape artist Harry Houdini, but his attempts at escape end up as disasters. One Halloween night, he receives a wooden box at Houdini’s house. Victor opens it many years later and discovers Houdini’s secrets.

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30. The clothes were invisible to people who were unfit for their jobs.

31. The clothes were invisible to people who were unfit for their jobs.

32. Victor was looking around the huge, bustling train station when he saw Houdini.

33. Victor was looking around the huge, bustling train station when he saw Houdini.

34. The king learned to judge people by their good work and not how they complimented him.

35. The king learned to judge people by their good work and not how they complimented him.

36. The weavers were only pretending to weave cloth .

37. The weavers were only pretending to weave cloth .

38. The children like Houdini because he could do the unexplainable .

39. The children like Houdini because he could do the unexplainable .

40. Houdini could escape from an iron milk can in under 20 seconds.

41. Houdini could escape from an iron milk can in under 20 seconds.

42. Victor wanted to be a magician when he grew up, just like Houdini.

43. Victor wanted to be a magician when he grew up, just like Houdini.

44. Mrs. Houdini vanished up the staircase into the library.

45. Mrs. Houdini vanished up the staircase into the library.

46. The initials E.W. were engraved on the bottom of the box.

47. The initials E.W. were engraved on the bottom of the box.

48. They found the ball lying in the corner of a dark monument in the graveyard.

49. They found the ball lying in the corner of a dark monument in the graveyard.

50. Two smaller words appeared directly below “Houdini”.

51. Two smaller words appeared directly below “Houdini”.

52. The lock was so old that it crumbled when Victor brushed his hand across it.

53. The lock was so old that it crumbled when Victor brushed his hand across it.