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Title details for The House with a Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs - Available

The House with a Clock In Its Walls

by John Bellairs
Edward Gorey
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A haunting gothic tale by master mysery writer John Bellairs—soon to be a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black!
"The House With a Clock in Its Walls will cast its spell for a long time."—The New York Times Book Review
When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan. comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watchng magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Selenna Izard. It seems that Selenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls—a clock that could obliterate humankind. And only the Barnavelts can stop it!
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Series: Lewis Barnavelt Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: August 3, 2004

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781101659717
  • Release date: August 3, 2004

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781101659717
  • File size: 3064 KB
  • Release date: August 3, 2004

Formats

Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook

subjects

Fantasy Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Mystery

Languages

English

Levels

ATOS Level:5
Lexile® Measure:800
Interest Level:4-8(MG)
Text Difficulty:3-4

A haunting gothic tale by master mysery writer John Bellairs—soon to be a major motion picture starring Cate Blanchett and Jack Black!
"The House With a Clock in Its Walls will cast its spell for a long time."—The New York Times Book Review
When Lewis Barnavelt, an orphan. comes to stay with his uncle Jonathan, he expects to meet an ordinary person. But he is wrong. Uncle Jonathan and his next-door neighbor, Mrs. Zimmermann, are both magicians! Lewis is thrilled. At first, watchng magic is enough. Then Lewis experiments with magic himself and unknowingly resurrects the former owner of the house: a woman named Selenna Izard. It seems that Selenna and her husband built a timepiece into the walls—a clock that could obliterate humankind. And only the Barnavelts can stop it!
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Fantasy Juvenile Fiction Juvenile Literature Mystery
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