Author(s): Tom Lalicki,Carlyn Cerniglia
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 196
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3pl
Language: English
Date Published: 2010-03-30
Dimensions: 134.62 x 187.96 x 17.78mm
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: Illustrations, black and white
Harry Houdini - the world's greatest escape artist - is in need of a new hat. That is what brings him to Bennett & Son, Gentlemen's Hatters of Fifth Avenue, where young Nathaniel G. Makeworthy Fuller is working for the summer. A surprising friendship develops between the world-famous daredevil and the boy clerk, and it comes in the nick of time. A suspicious stranger has recently wheedled his way into the confidences of Nate's wealthy great-aunt, with whom the boy and his widowed mother live. Now their house is filled with spooky late-night gatherings, the purpose of which is kept secret from Nate. Houdini is just the man to tackle this tangled mystery - and help Nate and his family escape the grasp of an interloper more cunning and dangerous than Nate could have imagined.
A truly captivating historical adventure, Danger in the Dark launches the Houdini & Nate Mystery series with fast-paced plotting and a colorful blend of fact and fiction.
Danger in the Dark is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 196
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3pl
Language: English
Date Published: 2010-03-30
Dimensions: 134.62 x 187.96 x 17.78mm
Publication City/Country: New York, United States
Edition:
Illustrations: Illustrations, black and white
Harry Houdini - the world's greatest escape artist - is in need of a new hat. That is what brings him to Bennett & Son, Gentlemen's Hatters of Fifth Avenue, where young Nathaniel G. Makeworthy Fuller is working for the summer. A surprising friendship develops between the world-famous daredevil and the boy clerk, and it comes in the nick of time. A suspicious stranger has recently wheedled his way into the confidences of Nate's wealthy great-aunt, with whom the boy and his widowed mother live. Now their house is filled with spooky late-night gatherings, the purpose of which is kept secret from Nate. Houdini is just the man to tackle this tangled mystery - and help Nate and his family escape the grasp of an interloper more cunning and dangerous than Nate could have imagined.
A truly captivating historical adventure, Danger in the Dark launches the Houdini & Nate Mystery series with fast-paced plotting and a colorful blend of fact and fiction.
Danger in the Dark is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Book Info | |
Author | Tom Lalicki, Carlyn Cerniglia |
Date Published | 2010-03-30 |
Dimensions | 134.62 x 187.96 x 17.78mm |
First Author | Tom Lalicki |
Format | Paperback |
Illustrations | Illustrations, black and white |
ISBN | 9780312602147 |
Language | English |
No. of Pages | 196 |
Publication City/Country | New York, United States |
Publisher | St. Martins Press-3pl |
Danger in the Dark
- Tom Lalicki
- Paperback
- Publisher: St. Martins Press-3pl
- ISBN: 9780312602147
- Availability:In Stock
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