A review by dbrannan
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini by Sid Fleischman

3.0

Houdini's story is certainly an interesting one and Fleischman has done a great job with formatting this book and including some unique details. However, the vocabulary is quite high for my upper elementary and middle school students; in some chapters it seems as though Fleischman is stretching to make metaphors work and use flowery, unnecessary words as well as early 20th century colloquialisms in a book written for children. I'm disappointed that not many of my students will be able to read and understand this great story of Houdini.