The house with a clock in its walls / John Bellairs ; pictures by Edward Gorey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Bellairs, John. Lewis Barnavelt mysteries ; Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, [2004]Copyright date: ©1973Description: 179 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0142402575
  • 9780142402573
  • 9781417635139
  • 1417635134
  • 9780756952570
  • 0756952573
  • 9780451481283
  • 0451481283
  • 9781439516263
  • 143951626X
  • 014036336X
  • 9780140363364
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: 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! 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?
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Juvenile PZ7.B413 H68 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000051983

"A John Bellairs mystery featuring Lewis Barnavelt"--Cover.

"First published in the United States of America by the Dial Press, 1973; published by Puffin Books, 1993; reissued by Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2004"--Title page verso.

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! 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?

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.0 6.0 9882.

31560000051983 15224

Fiction (Juvenile) 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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