Audacity Jones steals the show

Format:

Book

Title:

Audacity Jones steals the show

Author:

Larson, Kirby author

ISBN:

9780545840651

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York : Scholastic Press, 2017.

Physical Description:

176 pages ; 22 cm

Series title(s):

Audacity Jones ;

Number in series:

BK. 2.

Summary:

Audacity Jones and her best friend, Bimmy, are on their way to New York City, with Cypher, who is now a detective in the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, and their assignment involves Harry Houdini and the illusion he is planning--and it will take all of Audie's skills, and the help of her clever cat Min, to prevent the performance from being sabotaged.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR 5.3 6.0 187907.

Personal Subject:

Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926-Juvenile fiction.

Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926-Fiction.

Houdini, Harry, 1874-1926. (OCoLC)fst00041614

Subject(s):

Magic tricks -- Juvenile fiction.

Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.

Cats -- Juvenile fiction.

Adventure stories.

Magic tricks -- Fiction.

Orphans -- Fiction.

Cats -- Fiction.

Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile fiction.

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Juvenile fiction.

New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Fiction.

New York (State) -- New York.

Genre:

Children's stories.

Action and adventure fiction.

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

The plucky and adventurous Audacity Jones returns for a brand new adventure in New York City, by Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson.Audacity Jones and her best friend, Bimmy, are setting off from Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls on an extraordinary adventure! In the glittering city of New York, the girls meet Harry Houdini, the world's most famous magician, as he prepares a new spectacle: Houdini plans to make an elephant disappear from a crowded theater.But Audacity and Bimmy discover a nefarious plot that puts Houdini's illusion in jeopardy. Who could be trying to sabotage the master magician? Audie will need all her smarts, the help of friends new and old, and even her best juggling skills to solve this mystery. Will she manage to save the show in time?Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings readers a magical romp of a mystery that will delight and thrill to the very last page.

Author Notes

Kirby Larson is the acclaimed author of the 2007 Newbery Honor Book Hattie Big Sky ; its sequel, Hattie Ever After ; The Friendship Doll ; Dear America: The Fences Between Us ; Duke ; Dash , winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction; Liberty ; Code Word Courage ; Audacity Jones to the Rescue ; and its sequel, Audacity Jones Steals the Show . She has also cowritten the award-winning picture books Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival and Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine, and a Miracle . She lives in Washington with her husband and Winston the Wonder Dog.

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Bright and charming Audacity Jones finds herself on another adventure that takes her out of Miss Maisie's School for Wayward Girls to New York City along with her best friend, Bimmy, her sly cat, Min, and Cypher, the relocated chauffeur. There they meet famous magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, who is the middle of planning his biggest theatrical disappearing act yet, making an elephant vanish in a crowded theater. While working for the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, Cypher is hired by Houdini to keep an eye on Theo Quinn, the mastermind behind the trick. Still, sabotage lurks around every corner. Calling on Bimmy's background as a circus performer and her acquaintances who have migrated to the stage, this caper is magical. A subplot concerning a baby elephant and animal cruelty is especially heart-wrenching but educational. In this follow-up to Audacity Jones to the Rescue (2016), Larson sprinkles the story with the colors, sounds, and excitement of the Big Apple and vaudeville, while the ever-cheerful Audacity Jones really does steal the show.--Fredriksen, Jeanne Copyright 2017 Booklist