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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Traces the story of dancer-turned-magician's assistant Adelaide Herrmann, placing her achievements against a backdrop of period conventions about women in the arts and her determination to continue her work after the death of her husband.
83) Magic Molly
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Series
Language
English
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Description
After going to a magic show, Molly decides that she wants to be a real magician, and she hopes that her father's old magic kit may help her master some real magic in time to put on a show for Sharing Time at school--aiming big, she would really like to be able to saw her best friend in half (and of course put her back together).
84) The magic box
Author
Series
Ghost and Max Monroe volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Ten-year-old Max Monroe teams up with his bumbling great-uncle's ghost, Larry, to help solve the mystery of the birthday girl who really disappeared during a magic act.
Author
Series
Hocus pocus hotel volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Brack, owner of the Abracadabra Hotel, has disappeared at a critical time, and once again Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu team up to solve the mystery--they know he never left the hotel, but the only clues they have is a few words scrawled on a piece of paper and a clump of fake red hair.
Author
Series
Hocus pocus hotel volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the magician Theopolis makes a boy from school disappear during the magic show at the Abracadabra Hotel, Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu are determined to find out what really happened.
Author
Series
Deadtime stories (Reissued) volume 5
Language
English
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Description
A boy must save his headless best friend when a talent show magic act goes horribly awry.
88) Spellbound: seven principles of illusion to captivate audiences and unlock the secrets of success
Author
Language
English
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Description
A professional magician and illusionist, who was the head magic consultant to the hit film Now You See Me, drawing on his years of research and practice, shares the seven principles of illusion that will show readers how to bridge the gap between perception and reality to increase their powers of persuasion and influence. --Publisher
89) The prestige
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London. Two magicians share an intense rivalry with each other and leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy. The rivalry is so intense that is will be full of obsession, deceit and jealousy, with both dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that Robert Angier and Alfred Bordon first met, the two were competitors. However, their once friendly competition evolves into battle for each others...
Author
Series
Hocus pocus hotel volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abracadabra, owner of the Abracadabra Hotel, has disappeared, and Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu team up again to solve the mystery of the hidden thirteenth floor and try to foil a theft that could cost the hotel millions.
Author
Series
Hocus pocus hotel volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the great magician Abracadabra is challenged by the illusionist Theopolis, Charlie and Tyler must solve the mystery of how the illusions were done, or Abracadabra will forfeit the hotel.
92) D is for duck!
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Come on an alphabet adventure with Duck. Duck is a magician. Abracadabra! He can conjure up a bunny, a chicken and even the king of the jungle. But can he make a dragon disappear?
94) The illusionist
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
The acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim has not only captured the imaginations of all of Vienna, but also the interest of the ambitious Crown Prince Leopold. When Leopold's new fiancée rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim, the Prince's interest evolves into obsession. Suddenly the city's Chief Inspector finds himself investigating a shocking crime. But even as the Inspector engages him in a dramatic challenge of wills, Eisenheim prepares...
96) The Black Dragon
Author
Series
Mysterium (Julian Sedgwick) volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Talented magician Danny, who is half-Chinese, half-British, and dwarf strongman Zamora try to find the connection between the disastrous end of the circus Mysterium, where Danny's performer parents were killed, and the disappearance of his guardian aunt, who is investigating sinister gangs in Hong Kong.
Author
Series
Audacity Jones volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Audacity Jones and her best friend, Bimmy, are on their way to New York City, with Cypher, who is now a detective in the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, and their assignment involves Harry Houdini and the illusion he is planning--and it will take all of Audie's skills, and the help of her clever cat Min, to prevent the performance from being sabotaged.
100) Spooky tricks
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Series
Language
English
Description
Describes how to write invisible messages, make ghosts appear on walls, and many other tricks.
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