Meet Sid Fleischman
Meet Sid Fleischman

Author: Frances E. Ruffin

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2005-07-15

Total Pages: 30

ISBN-13: 9781404231320

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As a boy, Sid Fleischman lived for magic. He visited a sideshow in 5th grade that changed his life. From that moment on, he was consumed with the world of magic. He published his first book, Between Cocktails, when he was 19. It was a book about magic tricks. Kids will learn how this was a turning point for Sid Fleischman; how this book made him think about writing. They will find out how his life as a magician, and his many other experiences, helped him write such popular books as the McBroom series and Newbery Award-winning book, The Whipping Boy.

Bandit's Moon
Bandit's Moon

Author: Sid Fleischman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2008-04-29

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 0061450960

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Annyrose Smith is a true child of calamity, but she is determined to overcome it. So what if she's an orphan? So what if she's stuck with the vilest landlady in California, while her brother's off trying to strike gold? So what if Joaquín Murieta and his band of notorious outlaws swoop in and take her away? The fearsome bandit thinks Annyrose can help him in his quest for justice, and she thinks he can help her search for her long-lost brother. She's not about to let anything stop her, not the mistaken identities, the daring robberies, the wild chases, or her unlikely friendship with the Mexican Robin Hood.

Mr. Mysterious & Company
Mr. Mysterious & Company

Author: Sid Fleischman

Publisher: Little Brown

Published: 1962

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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The adventures of a family of magicians traveling across the western deserts and plains in the 1880s. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Jim Ugly
Jim Ugly

Author: Sid Fleischman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2003-05-27

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9780060521219

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A one-man dog Part wolf and fiercely independent, Jim Ugly is a dog who answers to only one person. Unfortunately, that man -- Sam Bannock -- has disappeared. Rumor has it that Sam is dead, but to his son, Jake, something about that doesn't sound quite right. So Jake and Jim Ugly embark on a wild journey into the frontier West, where they find themselves pursued by a pretty lady, a theater troupe, and one very ornery yellow-legged man. And they all want to know one thing: Where is Sam Bannock?

Sir Charlie
Sir Charlie

Author: Sid Fleischman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-06-15

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 0061896403

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See him? That little tramp twitching a postage stamp of a mustache, politely lifting his bowler hat, and leaning on a bamboo cane with the confidence of a gentleman? A slapstick comedian, he blazed forth as the brightest movie star in the Hollywood heavens. Everyone knew Charlie—Charlie Chaplin. When he was five years old he was pulled onstage for the first time, and he didn't step off again for almost three-quarters of a century. Escaping the London slums of his tragic childhood, he took Hollywood like a conquistador with a Cockney accent. With his gift for pantomime in films that had not yet acquired vocal cords, he was soon rubbing elbows with royalty and dining on gold plates in his own Beverly Hills mansion. He was the most famous man on earth—and he was regarded as the funniest. Still is. . . . He comes to life in these pages. It's an astonishing rags-to-riches saga of an irrepressible kid whose childhood was dealt from the bottom of the deck. Abundantly illustrated.

The Whipping Boy
The Whipping Boy

Author: Sid Fleischman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2003-04-15

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 0060521228

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A Prince and a Pauper Jemmy, once a poor boy living on the streets, now lives in a castle. As the whipping boy, he bears the punishment when Prince Brat misbehaves, for it is forbidden to spank, thrash, or whack the heir to the throne. The two boys have nothing in common and even less reason to like one another. But when they find themselves taken hostage after running away, they are left with no choice but to trust each other.

By the Great Horn Spoon!
By the Great Horn Spoon!

Author: Sid Fleischman

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1988-04-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780833513489

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Jack and the butler stow away on a side-wheeler bound for California where they join the Gold Rush of 1849.

Here Comes McBroom!
Here Comes McBroom!

Author: Sid Fleischman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1998-08-27

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 0688163645

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In the further adventures of Josh McBroom, the crops grow so fast, you'd better step out of the way when you plant corn, red barns turn blue in the cold, and words freeze still in mid-air. "As fresh as ever."--Booklist.

Disappearing Act
Disappearing Act

Author: Sid Fleischman

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Published: 2004-07-27

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9780060519643

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An unseen man they call the Toad is stalking twelve-year-old Kevin and his older sister, Holly. They flee town in Holly's beat-up old car, driving west until they reach the Pacific Ocean. They change their names and attempt to hide in plain sight as street performers in Venice, California. But have they really eluded the Toad? Here is Newbery Medalist Sid Fleischman doing what he does best -- spinning a tale with style.

Escape!
Escape!

Author: Sid Fleischman

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2006-08-01

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0060850949

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Who was this man who could walk through brick walls and, with a snap of his fingers, vanish elephants? In these pages you will meet the astonishing Houdini—magician, ghost chaser, daredevil, pioneer aviator, and king of escape artists. No jail cell or straitjacket could hold him! He shucked off handcuffs as easily as gloves. In this fresh, witty biography of the most famous bamboozler since Merlin, Sid Fleischman, a former professional magician, enriches his warm homage with insider information and unmaskings. Did Houdini really pick the jailhouse lock to let a fellow circus performer escape? Were his secrets really buried with him? Was he a bum magician, as some rivals claimed? How did he manage to be born in two cities, in two countries, on two continents at the same instant? Here are the stories of how a knockabout kid named Ehrich Weiss, the son of an impoverished rabbi, presto-changoed himself into the legendary Harry Houdini. Here, too, are rare photographs never before seen by the general reader!