“The Art of Escaping” is such a cute and memorable YA book. I like a book with different perspectives - this is told in the perspectives of Mattie, the young girl who is learning more about the escape art, Will, a boy who enters her world by accident and becomes her assistant, and Akiko Miyake, a world-renowned escape artist. The perspective changes help you understand better the story in the eyes of each of the characters. Even though it focuses mostly on Mattie and her quest to learn how to become an escape artist (a performer, not the criminal type, just to be clear), the main purpose of the book seems to be the idea of pursuing your passion, no matter how weird and specific it might be.