Lewis Barnavelt fidgeted and wiped his sweaty palms on the seat of the bus that was roaring toward New Zebedee.
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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.
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Casa con un Reloj en Sus Paredes
2018-09, Alfaguara
Paperback
in Spanish
- Primera edición
607317067X 9786073170673
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The House With a Clock in Its Walls
2018, Piccadilly Press
paperback
in English
- printing (2)
1848127723 9781848127722
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018, Puffin Books
paperback
in English
- Movie Tie-In Edition (1)
0451481283 9780451481283
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2004, BWI Bound
Library Binding
in English
- Reissued (1)
1415550379 9781415550373
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Kevin et les magiciens: La Pendule D'Halloween
2003, Gallimard
paperback
in French
207053796X 9782070537969
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The House With a Clock in Its Walls
1993, Puffin Books
Paperback
in English
014036336X 9780140363364
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
1980 11, Yearling
Paperback
in English
- 7th Dell Printing
0440437423 9780440437420
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
1973, Dial Books for Young Readers
Hardcover
in English
- printing (13)
0803738218 9780803738218
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"Ages 8 up."--Cover p. [4].
Sequel: The figure in the shadows.
"First published in the United States of America by The Dial Press, 1973."
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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, watching 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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