The house with a clock in its walls /
John Bellairs.
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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New York : Puffin Books, 2004.
- Summary
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John Bellairs, the name in Gothic mysteries for middle graders, wrote terrifying tales full of adventure, attitude and alarm. For years, young readers have crept, crawled, and gone bump in the night with the unlikely heroes of these Gothic novels: Lewis Barnavelt, Johnny Dixon, and Anthony Monday. Now, the ten top-selling titles feature an updated cover look. Loyal fans and enticed newcomers will love the series even more with this haunting new look! A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday. Orphaned Lewis Barnavelt comes to live with his Uncle Jonathan and quickly learns that both his uncle and his next-door neighbor are witches on a quest to discover the terrifying clock ticking within the walls of Jonathan's house. Can the three of them save the world from certain destruction?
- Note
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"A John Bellairs mystery featuring Lewis Barnavelt"--Cover.
- Physical Description
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179 p. :
ill. ;
20 cm.
- ISBN
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0142402575 (pbk.) :
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