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StoryMakers With Dan Gutman ("Houdini and Me")

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Having been born in the New York City house in which Harry Houdini lived the last years of his life, 11-year-old Harry Mancini has become obsessed with the famous magician. When Harry is injured trying to flatten a coin on the train tracks near his home, he wakes up from a coma and finds a gift box with an old flip phone inside. Soon he is getting texts from none other than Houdini himself. Part of the "StoryMakers" series.

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Runtime: 8 minutes 13 seconds

Plush version of Nick Bruel's "Bad Kitty" character, a fuzzy black cat with yellow eyes and a red nose, sitting on a chair on the show set.
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Episode 1
8 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Episode 2
5 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Episode 3
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Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Episode 4
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Grade Level: 2 - 5
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Episode 5
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Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Episode 6
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Episode 7
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Episode 8
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Grade Level: 4 - 8
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