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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
Discover the variety of ways our brains can trick us, from optical illusions to magicians' masterful use of misdirection to strategies used by con artists. Learn why you can't always trust your brain, so you'll be less likely to be swindled, hoodwinked, or bamboozled.
Author
Series
Magic Misfits volume 1
Pub. Date
2021
Description
"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
Author
Series
The mysterious world of Cosentino volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Cosentino, the Grand Illusionist, is in danger! He is trapped in a glass ball hanging over the ocean, where dangerous beasts lurk. He will have to undo shackles, a straitjacket, and padlocks to escape! The audience watching him from the pier is terrified, but not as much as when the evil two-headed King arrives on a mission to find his lost sunken treasure. Cos must stop the King from taking the treasure, but first he must avoid arrest AND escape...
Author
Series
Black lagoon adventures volume 36
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Hubie wants to put on a magic show. He has a magician's cap and cape. He has a stage. He even has a few assistants. The only problem is... he doesn't have any tricks. The show is on Saturday! That makes Hubie want to disappear. Can the Great Hubini get his act together? Or will his magic show be a tragic show?-- Page [4] cover.
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Series
Incredibly dead pets of Rex Dexter volume 3
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Ever since he was cursed by an old carnival game, Rex Dexter has had the ability to communicate with ghostly animals, and this time he is confronted by a roomful of magicians' rabbits who are suddenly dead and want to know why; the Astounding Isabel tells him that the problem was her malfunctioning magic hat, but she cannot understand why it keeps happening--and soon Rex and his friend Darvish are neck deep in dead bunnies, and a mystery that just...
86) Sleight of Dan
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Nancy, George, and Bess attempt to solve the mystery of a missing magician's assistant, but Nancy gets into more trouble when she encounters a giant snake.