Born of illusion

By Teri J. Brown

Subjects: Identity, fiction, Mothers and daughters, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Identity (Philosophical concept), History, Juvenile fiction, New york (n.y.), history, fiction, Mothers and daughters, Magicians, fiction, Fiction, Swindlers and swindling, Children's fiction, Nineteen twenties, Magicians, Identity, Mediums, Psychic ability, Secret societies

Description: "Set in 1920s New York City, this is the story of budding magician Anna Van Housen, who has spent her whole life playing sidekick to her faux-medium mother--and trying to hide the fact the she actually possesses the very abilities her mother fakes"--