Questions? Contact us at info or 212.423.3200. Your support impacts the Museum's ability to present groundbreaking exhibitions and dynamic programming that enables people of all backgrounds to understand and embrace the global Jewish experience. Thank you for your generous gift in support of the Jewish Museum. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Join today to enjoy unlimited free admission, great discounts, exhibition previews, and more! Learn more 6-10) - Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. In any case, it's an interesting debut, handsomely produced. The offbeat story is smoothly told whether children will be pleased by the understated denouement with its ghostly overtones remains to be seen. Selznick illustrates his first book with vigorous, carefully composed b&w drawings his faces express emotion with subtlety and quiet humor. And that night, Victor at last succeeds in escaping from his grandmother's trunk.

Unable to open the box, and concluding that it couldn't have belonged to the great magician anyway, Victor forgets it until years later when, playing baseball with his son Harry, the ball happens to land on Houdini's grave and he learns his original name: Ehrich Weiss. Come to my house.'' But it's the day of Houdini's death the grieving widow hands Victor a locked box with the initials E.W.

Eventually, it arrives: ``A thousand secrets await you.

Spying Houdini himself in a railroad station, he begs for his secrets and is promised a letter. A fervent admirer of Houdini, ten-year-old Victor tries to emulate his feats, but to no avail: getting out of locked trunks and holding his breath for 5000 seconds are beyond his powers.

The houdini box by brian selznick