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    Hurry Up, Houdini!

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    About this audiobook

    The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!

    Abracadabra! Jack and Annie are on a mission for Merlin the magician. They're looking for a secret of greatness from the best escape artist that ever lived, Harry Houdini. Using the magic tree house to travel back in time, Jack and Annie head to Coney Island to look for the elusive magician. How can they find the master of escape? It's going to take some determination, a little bit of trouble, and a whole lot of magic!

    Formerly numbered as Magic Tree House #50, the title of this book is now Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #22: Hurry Up, Houdini!

    Did you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid?

    Magic Tree House: Adventures with Jack and Annie, perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books
    Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader
    Super Edition: A longer and more dangerous adventure
    Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures

    Have more fun with Jack and Annie at MagicTreeHouse.com!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 2, 2017
    ISBN9780449015377
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    • 5/5
      We forget or discount the fear of Russia and communism in the US of 1951. The story is an interrupted first person narrative. It certainly requires a willing suspension of disbelief. The characters are all well developed. The new Orleans being evoked seems quite a different place than the New Orleans of today, simpler and less closed to strangers.
    • 4/5
      Dillon Bryant is searching for oil in a Mexican swamp when he receives a letter that he should return home because his wife is in trouble. When he gets home he finds that she has been murdered and that she had a very dangerous and mysterious past. Aided by a newspaper reporter, Jill Townsend, Dil tries to unravel his wife's past and find who murdered her. Turns out there are Nazis and communists in her background.This is a tight fast moving mystery with copious amounts of violence.
    • 2/5
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    • 4/5
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