Jason Lutes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Formats
Description
A snapshot of one moment in the life of Harry Houdini, focusing on the events of a single day -- May 1, 1908 -- and a single publicity stunt, in which Houdini leapt into the near-frozen Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts wearing only a bathing suit and shackled at the wrists and ankles, and though we know what to expect, he still pulls several surprises. Bold graphics presents a living picture of this greatest of American showmen, and probably...
2) Berlin
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
"Berlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens--Marthe M�ller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold; the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Lutes weaves these characters' lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart. The city...