Magic Tree House #50: Hurry Up, Houdini! (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

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    #1: D INOSAURS B EFORE D ARK
    #2: T HE K NIGHT AT D AWN
    #3: M UMMIES IN THE M ORNING
    #4: P IRATES P AST N OON
    #5: N IGHT OF THE N INJAS
    #6: A FTERNOON ON THE A MAZON
    #7: S UNSET OF THE S ABERTOOTH
    #8: M IDNIGHT ON THE M OON
    #9: D OLPHINS AT D AYBREAK
    #10: G HOST T OWN AT S UNDOWN
    #11: L IONS AT L UNCHTIME
    #12: P OLAR B EARS P AST B EDTIME
    #13: V ACATION U NDER THE V OLCANO
    #14: D AY OF THE D RAGON K ING
    #15: V IKING S HIPS AT S UNRISE
    #16: H OUR OF THE O LYMPICS
    #17: T ONIGHT ON THE
T ITANIC
    #18: B UFFALO B EFORE B REAKFAST
    #19: T IGERS AT T WILIGHT
    #20: D INGOES AT D INNERTIME
    #21: C IVIL W AR ON S UNDAY
    #22: R EVOLUTIONARY W AR ON W EDNESDAY
    #23: T WISTER ON T UESDAY
    #24: E ARTHQUAKE IN THE E ARLY M ORNING
    #25: S TAGE F RIGHT ON A S UMMER N IGHT
    #26: G OOD M ORNING , G ORILLAS
    #27: T HANKSGIVING ON T HURSDAY
    #28: H IGH T IDE IN H AWAII
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    #29: C HRISTMAS IN C AMELOT
    #30: H AUNTED C ASTLE ON H ALLOWS E VE
    #31: S UMMER OF THE S EA S ERPENT
    #32: W INTER OF THE I CE W IZARD
    #33: C ARNIVAL AT C ANDLELIGHT
    #34: S EASON OF THE S ANDSTORMS
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    #36: B LIZZARD OF THE B LUE M OON
    #37: D RAGON OF THE R ED D AWN
    #38: M ONDAY WITH A M AD G ENIUS
    #39: D ARK D AY IN THE D EEP S EA
    #40: E VE OF THE E MPEROR P ENGUIN
    #41: M OONLIGHT ON THE M AGIC F LUTE
    #42: A G OOD N IGHT FOR G HOSTS
    #43: L EPRECHAUN IN L ATE W INTER
    #44: A G HOST T ALE FOR C HRISTMAS T IME
    #45: A C RAZY D AY WITH C OBRAS
    #46: D OGS IN THE D EAD OF N IGHT
    #47: A BE L INCOLN AT L AST !
    #48: A P ERFECT T IME FOR P ANDAS
    #49: S TALLION BY S TARLIGHT
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    K NIGHTS AND C ASTLES
    M UMMIES AND P YRAMIDS
    P IRATES
    R AIN F ORESTS
    S PACE
    T ITANIC
    T WISTERS AND O THER T ERRIBLE S TORMS
    D OLPHINS AND S HARKS
    A NCIENT G REECE AND THE O LYMPICS
    A MERICAN R EVOLUTION
    S ABERTOOTHS AND THE I CE A GE
    P ILGRIMS
    A NCIENT R OME AND P OMPEII
    T SUNAMIS AND O THER N ATURAL D ISASTERS
    P OLAR B EARS AND THE A RCTIC
    S EA M ONSTERS
    P ENGUINS AND A NTARCTICA
    L EONARDO DA V INCI
    G HOSTS
    L EPRECHAUNS AND I RISH F OLKLORE
    R AGS AND R ICHES : K IDS IN THE T IME OF C HARLES D ICKENS
    S NAKES AND O THER R EPTILES
    D OG H EROES
    A BRAHAM L INCOLN
    P ANDAS AND O THER E NDANGERED S PECIES
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This is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical and public figures, are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Where real-life historical or public figures appear, the situations, incidents, and dialogues concerning those persons are fictional and are not intended to depict actual events or to change the fictional nature of the work. In all other respects, any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.
    Text copyright © 2013 by Mary Pope Osborne
Jacket art and interior illustrations copyright © 2013 by Sal Murdocca
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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Osborne, Mary Pope.
Hurry up, Houdini! / by Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.
    p. cm. — (Magic tree house; #50)
Summary: “Join Jack and Annie as they meet one of the world’s most famous illusionists—Harry Houdini!” —Provided by publisher.
eISBN: 978-0-307-98047-2
[1. Time travel—Fiction. 2. Magicians—Fiction. 3. Houdini, Harry, 1874–1926—Fiction. 4. New York (N.Y.)—History—20th century—Fiction. 5. Magic—Fiction. 6. Tree houses—Fiction.] I. Murdocca, Sal, illustrator. II. Title.
PZ7.O81167Hur 2013   [Fic]—dc23   2012045610
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For the Korner family,
Jim, Toni, Courtney, and Tom



Prologue
    O ne summer day in Frog Creek, Pennsylvania, a mysterious tree house