# Books like The Houdini Box

**10** books similar to *The Houdini Box* by Brian Selznick (Fantasy · grades 3–6), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** magicians, magicians, fiction, escape (psychology), conduct of life
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## Similar books

- [The Sweetest Fig](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sweetest-fig) by Chris Van Allsburg _(Grades 3–8)_ — Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Max and the Midknights](https://readinglist.school/book/max-and-the-midknights) by Lincoln Peirce _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [The Invention of Hugo Cabret](https://readinglist.school/book/the-invention-of-hugo-cabret) by Brian Selznick _(Grades 3–7)_ — Is by Brian Selznick, the same author and overlapping grades (3–7).
- [Wonderstruck](https://readinglist.school/book/wonderstruck) by Brian Selznick _(Grades 4–7)_ — Is by Brian Selznick, the same author and overlapping grades (4–7).
- [Crash](https://readinglist.school/book/crash) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of conduct of life and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Ella Enchanted](https://readinglist.school/book/ella-enchanted) by Gail Carson Levine _(Grades 4–7)_ — Same genre (Fantasy), overlapping grades (4–7), and the same era (1990s).
- [Fourth Grade Rats](https://readinglist.school/book/fourth-grade-rats) by Jerry Spinelli _(Grades 4–6)_ — Shares themes of conduct of life and overlapping grades (4–6).
- [Invisible Isabel](https://readinglist.school/book/invisible-isabel) by Sally J. Pla _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher](https://readinglist.school/book/jeremy-thatcher-dragon-hatcher) by Bruce Coville _(Grades 4–6)_ — Same genre (Fantasy), overlapping grades (4–6), and the same era (1990s).
- [Legendarios: Wrath of the Rain God](https://readinglist.school/book/legendarios-wrath-of-the-rain-god) by Karla Arenas Valenti _(Grades 3–6)_ — Both on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award list (+1 more shared list) and overlapping grades (3–6).

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