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The Bullet Catch: Murder by Misadventure
By AXELROD, Amy & David Axelrod
- ISBN
- 9780823428588 9780823433780
- Publisher
- Holiday House
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2015 | Grades 5-8
Gr 7–10—Leo, a 13-year-old orphan, pickpocket, and con artist, helps his gang survive on the streets of New York in 1917. When he falls out with his buddies and desires a better life, he lucks into a position as assistant to magician Franco Barzini. The two encounter many historical celebrities, most notably, Harry Houdini. Against Houdini's advice, Leo helps Barzini develop a dangerous bullet act—all while trying to shake off his gang's...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
In New York City during WWI, fourteen-year-old Leo, an orphaned pickpocket, becomes assistant to a secretive, second-rate magici...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on May 1, 2015
Vividly re-creates turn-of-the-century New York City, a place of fabulous wealth and dire poverty, where a young boy can ascend from an orphanage to a life of wealth and fame. Historical figures including Harry Houdini and Mock Duck, leader of Chinatown's Hip Sing Tong gang, add to the realistic feel of the narrative. Leo is a complex and compellingly sympathetic main character; h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
