The Magician and the Spirits
  • Published: 15 September 2017
  • ISBN: 9780803740181
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $45.00

The Magician and the Spirits

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A gripping, innovative biography of famed illusionist Harry Houdini, for readers of Steve Sheinkin and Candace Fleming.

“Noyes makes history accessible and irresistible . . . Excellent.”*
 
A century ago, the curious idea that spirits not only survive death but can be contacted on the “other side” was widespread. Psychic mediums led countless séances, claiming to connect the grieving with their lost relations through everything from frenzied trance writing to sticky expulsions of ectoplasm.
 
The craze caught Harry Houdini’s attention. Well-known by then as most renowned magician and escape artist, he began to investigate these spiritual phenomena. Are ghosts real? Can we communicate with them? Catch them in photographs? Or are all mediums “flim-flammers,” employing tricks and illusions like Houdini himself?
 
Peopled with odd and fascinating characters, Houdini’s gripping quest will excite readers’ universal wonderment with life, death, and the possibility of the Beyond. 

*School Library Journal, starred review of Ten Days a Madwoman
  • Published: 15 September 2017
  • ISBN: 9780803740181
  • Imprint: Viking
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 160
  • RRP: $45.00
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Praise for The Magician and the Spirits

Praise for Deborah Noyes's Ten Days a Madwoman:

* "Noyes makes history accessible and irresistible in this thrilling account of women's lives, flagrant abuse, scandal, courage, and tenacity . . . Excellent." --School Library Journal, starred review

"Noyes's vivid storytelling throws us headfirst into Nellie Bly's inspiring work and incredibly daring adventures." --Steve Sheinkin, National Book Award Finalist and Newbery Honor-winning author of Bomb and The Port Chicago 50

"You should also read Ten Days A Madwoman, even if you're not in middle school. You'll learn something. Because this isn't just a storybook telling of a woman's adventures . . . For a book that chronicles the life of a reporter at the end of the 19th century, Ten Days A Madwoman holds a startling prescience to the issues we face today, from benevolent sexism in the newsroom to the continued exploitation of the working class . . . a gripping book from start to finish, for kids and adults alike." --A.V. Club