The House With a Clock in It's Walls - Hardcover

Bellairs, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803738234 ISBN 13: 9780803738232

Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1973

Synopsis

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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Review:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0803738234
• ISBN 13: 9780803738232
• Binding: Hardcover