LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review

1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Kevin D.
2. Date of review of book: February 27th 2008
3. Complete Book Title: Harry Houdini Boy Magician
4. Author of Book: Kathryn Kilby Borland and Helen Ross Speicher
5. Year the book was published: 1969
6. Genre: Biography
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 1

8. Main conflict in the book: Ehrich Weiss, or more commonly known as Harry Houdini, is trying to fulfill his dream to be the world’s most known and famous magician.

9. Setting of the book: (place and time) The setting of this story is all over the world while Harry travels to perform.

10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1) Ehrich Weiss, Harry Houdini
(2) Harry’s family

11. Are the characters believable and interesting? The characters in the story are very believable and interesting, especially Harry and his great escapes along with his mastermind tricks.

12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: (include who said it, page number, and use
quotation marks!) “ Houdini was once told that his courage must be his main source of power. It is he admitted, and I must practice it as often as I practice one of my card tricks.” Harry Houdini (pg.192)

13. Good reasons to read the book: This biography about Harry Houdini is amazing. The book tells the reader so much information about his life and how he actually pulled off some of his best escape acts.

14. Any reasons not to read the book? There are no reasons to read this book, unless the reader doesn’t like magic.

15. Did you like this book or not? And why…. I loved this book because it tells how he lived and what went on in this incredible magician’s life, the life of Harry Houdini.