The House with a Clock in Its Walls - Softcover

Bellairs, John

3.74

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9780140363364: The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014036336X ISBN 13: 9780140363364

Publisher: Puffin, 1993

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Orphaned Lewis Barnavelt tries to help his uncle Jonathan and next-door neighbor turn back the hands of time and save the world from the disaster that will begin when the clock stops ticking within the walls of Jonathan's house. Reissue.

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Is there no end to the suspense John Bellairs can create? ("School Library Journal," starred review) Thereas suspense and action aplenty. . . . Perfect for the pre-Stephen King set. ("Booklist") Brace yourself for a wild ride. ("Kirkus Reviews")

About the Author:

John Anthony Bellairs (1938?1991) is an award-winning American author, perhaps best known for his fantasy novel The Face in the Frost. He is also the author of many gothic mystery novels for children and young adults, including The House with a Clock in its Walls (which received both the New York Times Outstanding Book of Award and the American Library Association Children's Books of International Interest Award), The Lamp from the Warlock’s Tomb (which won the Edgar Allen Poe Award), and The Specter from the Magician’s Museum (which won the New York Public Library "Best Books for the Teen Age" Award.

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