Author: Carroll, Emma
Interest age: from c 7 years
Published on 4 July 2024 by FABER & FABER in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 304 pages
129 x 198 x 25 | 270g
From the bestselling historical adventure author of Letters from the Lighthouse comes a showstopping new adventure full of magic shows and mysteries.
'Utterly thrilling.' Abi Elphinstone'Magical.' Katya Balen'An absolute cracker.' Hilary McKay'A page-turning, plot-twisting, mind-bending treat.' Piers Torday'Bursting with excitement, action and heart.' Jasbinder Bilan'Emma Carroll at her dazzling, storytelling best.' Phil EarleThe English seaside, 1926.
A world famous escape artist . . .
A suitcase full of secrets . . .
And a death-defying stunt . . .
When Harry Houdini comes to visit the seaside town of Sidford-on-Sea, Glory and her friend Dennis are first in-line to see him. He is there to perform a daring trick: he will jump off the town pier in chains, pitching himself into the water below. But when Glory outsmarts the infamous Houdini, she is suddenly sucked into his world, and finds herself tasked with looking after his precious trunk - the one that contains all his secrets. With Houdini in danger, Glory and Dennis are thrown deep into an adventure that takes them all the way to Coney Island in America, and the dark underbelly of its amusement parks . . .