Lewis Barnavelt fidgeted and wiped his sweaty palms on the seat of the bus that was roaring toward New Zebedee.
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Lewis had always wanted to live in a house like Uncle Jonathan's--full of marble fireplaces and secret passageways and dozens of unused, unexplored rooms. And living with Uncle Jonathan, a real wizard, was full of fun and surprises.
But while Uncle Jonathan practiced funny and comfortable white magic, the original owner of the old house, Isaac Izard, had been an evil sorcerer. He had devised a plan for bringing about the end of the world. Somewhere in the walls of the house he had hidden a clock. Every night Lewis and Uncle Jonathan could hear it ticking--sometimes loud, sometimes soft--marking off the minutes until doomsday.
Lewis knew they had to find the clock before it was too late. Then he decided to dabble in a little magic of his own, and their time almost ran out.
Cozy fireplaces, wacky magic, chocolate chip cookies, and terror are the ingredients John Bellairs has used to concoct this absorbing and original book. The suspense is heightened by Edward Gorey's delightfully spine-tingling illustrations.
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Magic, Fiction, Children's stories, Juvenile fiction, Magicians, Juvenile works, Juvenile audience, clocks, Halloween, tombs, end time, Witches, Clocks and watches, fiction, Supernatural, fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Barnavelt, lewis (fictitious character), fiction, Pottinger, rose rita (fictitious character), fiction, Children's fiction, Magic, fiction, Time travel, fiction, Michigan, fiction, Clocks and watches, WitchcraftPeople
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The House With a Clock in Its Walls
2018, Piccadilly Press
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018, Puffin Books
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Casa con un Reloj en Sus Paredes
2018-09, Alfaguara
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2004, BWI Bound
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Kevin et les magiciens: La Pendule D'Halloween
2003, Gallimard
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The House With a Clock in Its Walls
1993, Puffin Books
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
1980 11, Yearling
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0440437423 9780440437420
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls
1973, Dial Books for Young Readers
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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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