LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review

1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Laura Gi.
2. Date of review of book: February 24, 2008
3. Complete Book Title: Harry Houdini
4. Author of Book: Vicki Cobb
5. Year the book was published: 2005
6. Genre: Biography
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): 2

8. Main conflict in the book:
The main conflict of the book is when Harry Houdini did a death-defying escape on January 27,
He had to escape from a galvanized iron can filled with water and it was secured with metal
locks. He also had handcuffs on his hands. The curtains closed, the pressure was on could
Houdini escape in time to save his life from this deadly stunt or will he fail and face the
consequence, dieing? If you want to know what happens please read the book.

9. Setting of the book:
The setting of the book is at Hungary in 1887-1926.

10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1) Ehrich Weiss also known as Harry Houdini is the main character of this book. He is the person
who the biography is on.

11. Are the characters believable and interesting?
Harry Houdini is sometimes believable even though he is real because of his fascinating escape art,
and he is interesting because of his escape art.

One excellent direct quotation from the book:
“I will now perform the best escape I have ever invented.” Harry Houdini exclaimed. “The audience members glanced at each other expectantly. The Great Houdini was going to show them his latest and most dangerous death-defying feat yet.”

13. Good reasons to read the book:
This book is very interesting and detailed, and when I started the book I couldn’t put it down.
It is also really easy to read and it has many pictures of Harry Houdini throughout his life.

14. Any reasons not to read the book?
If you are not interested in magic or escape art or even mysteries you probably won’t enjoy
this book.

Did you like this book or not? And why
I liked this book because it is very detailed and it showed much of Harry’s life history.